Eataly was everything you could possibly imagine and more, I am so excited L.A. finally has one! The first (and only) time I had gone to an Eataly before was when I was in Turin, Italy. I immediately fell in love with the restaurant/grocery store combination and the wonderful, fresh food served at the restaurant.For those of…
I first had gelato from Grom when I was studying abroad in Italy my junior year of college. That’s right, Grom, located in the Malibu Shopping Center, is a gelato shop originally from Turin, Italy. Grom imports their ingredients from Italy to make traditional Italian gelato.Gelato is different from (and better than) ice cream. It is made with…
Sweet Rose Creamery is a small, L.A.-based chain of ice cream shops with an emphasis on fresh, local ingredients. Their kitchen is 100% GMO free and certified kosher. Most excitingly to me is that their ice cream is made and stored in silver canisters, which is how traditional Italian gelato is made! I went to their storefront in…
I studied abroad in Italy during my junior year of college, but my love of gelato started much earlier. Gelato is Italy’s, far superior, version of ice cream. Gelato is typically made with milk, whereas ice cream is made with cream. It is also churned at a slower rate than ice cream, meaning that gelato has less air incorporated…