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Ice Cream

Nashville, Tennessee

Bobbie's Dairy Dip

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

Podcast: Flavor Graveyard

Pay your respects at the sweetest cemetery in the world.

The Podcast Team June 20, 2023

The contents of Blue Moon remain unknown to the public.

5 Unique Ice Cream Recipes to Beat the Heat

From Sweden's Nobel bombe to Detroit's Boston Cooler.

Sam Lin-Sommer June 12, 2023

The rose falooda is a textural marvel.

Nashville, Tennessee

Sarabha's Creamery

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

A bottle of amaro, with other monastery snacks.

Celebrate Spring With 9 Flower-Based Foods and Drinks

From tulip vodka to fried palm blossoms.

Sam Lin-Sommer May 19, 2023

Baked Alaska has taken on many forms.

Meet Baked Alaska's Prototype, 'Alaska, Florida'

This parlor trick of a dessert has a long, complicated lineage.

Diana Hubbell May 18, 2023

Forget "naughty or nice?" The more important question this gift-giving season is "sweet or savory?"

Delicious Gifts for the Food-Obsessed

A gift guide from the Atlas Obscura team.

Atlas Obscura November 30, 2022

President Nixon personally approved the menu, and especially wanted ice cream.

space exploration

Eat Like an Apollo 11 Astronaut With This Celestial Dessert

Neil Armstrong, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Stewart all feasted upon Clair de Lune.

Anne Ewbank August 26, 2022

Baklava ice cream topped with kada’if pastry

Shefa-Amr, Israel

Shfaram Ice Cream

Unique flavors and plant sap make this ice cream special.

8 Ice Cream Shops Grounded in Cultural Traditions

Find flavors ranging from Aztec marigold to soursop at these sweet spots.

Diana Hubbell June 21, 2022

Belgrade, Serbia

Poslastičarnica sa stavom

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

Fig, pistachio, and cacao gelato.

Mexico City, Mexico

Joe Gelato

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

Moon Mist

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.

Brooklyn, New York

Taste the Tropics USA

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Nobel ice cream is actually quite easy to make.

How to Make Nobel Ice Cream, the World's Smartest Dessert

You may not be a prize winner, but you can eat like one.

Anne Ewbank December 10, 2021

Blue Moon’s flavor dances on the tip of your tongue, taunting you into another guess, at turns familiar and elusive.

The Enduring Midwestern Mystery of Blue Moon Ice Cream

And how—to the best of our ability—to make it at home.

Luke Fater August 30, 2021

The exterior.

Sacramento, California

Vic's Ice Cream Parlor

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The Boston Cooler: "The nectar that the Olympians pined for but didn’t know how to make."

How the 'Boston Cooler' Became a Classic Detroit Drink

This sweet, creamy enigma dates back to the late 1800s.

Sam O'Brien August 4, 2021