The Hot Spot on the Voice of America! The Hot Spot is interviewed during the scorching Summer of ’96. They ask us what ice creams are most popular and how people are trying to beat the heat. The little chat is relayed on their World…
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We make our first batch of Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream – Not quite as simple as it sounds. Making Strawberry Ice Cream to the level that we had set ourselves proved tricker than we imagined. There was a whole new factor working with fresh fruit…
Reviewed by The Friday Times, January 11th 1996 The Friday Times on The Hot Spot, January 11, 1996
“Its Alive! – A Dark Stormy Summer Night in Sleepy Islamabad, 1995. Our very first customer is a neighbour called Reza. He hates our Peach Frozen Yogurt but loves the Lemon. Fresh Mango turns into our Best Seller in the first couple of weeks. As…
The Big Bang – June 1995 In the Summer of 1995, Mariam, Ali and Myself tried the little wooden ice cream bucket with a hand crank for the first time. We had raided the local market for salt and had a brick of ice all…
The Acid Test – July 1995 If you can’t do justice to Vanilla, you might as well pack your bags. As the Monsoon of summer 1995 set in, we set about setting some realistic standards and goals. The primary has to be perfecting a beautiful…