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using liquid nitrogen.
“ When we dump the liquid nitrogen into the cream, the air pockets shut down,” she says.“ This makes it so you don’ t have that crunch and thinness you get with other ice cream.”
The liquid nitrogen’ s foggy contents waft out of the churner as I add my mix-ins, watching them fold into the ice cream’ s base. LaFazia gives me two scoops of my creation to sample and puts the rest into the freezer to harden. It’ s some of the best ice cream I’ ve ever tried, and the view of glassblowing next door provides entertainment while I scarf it down.
“ Sometimes people get confused about how a glass studio, an ice cream shop and a farm are all tied together,” LaFazia says.“ But we’ re really just trying to create an environment where people can get together, have a great time and not be scared.”
Go for the Goats
A fifteen-minute drive from Atwells Avenue brings me to my final stop, Gather Farm in Johnston. The farm uses a community supported agriculture model, where consumers purchase shares of the farm’ s harvest. Once a week during the season, the farm brings produce to
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