But the best ice cream flavor has to be what sounds like the product of a tryst between Bugs Bunny and Martha Stewart. Thank you, Scream Sorbet.

With lavender abundant everywhere, not to mention the incredible Meyer lemons that thrive throughout the state, Tricia Widgen would like to share a recipe similar to the ice cream sandwiches Sweet Bite Creamery offers from time to time.

The star of Bulgarian cuisine is ice cream, often made of local organic milk and the country’s outstanding produce. It’s just one reason why a Balkans visit is sweet.

Tricia Widgen has taken Sweet Bite Creamery out west and set up shop in Palm Springs. Brown sugar babies, meet Hemet grapefruit.

Just across the state line from Bahia, Mangue Seco is a three hour drive from Salvador but is in a different world.

Ben & Jerry’s is promoting their Free Trade Flavors up and down both coasts this summer. And on Thursday, May 19, I will both ride and direct the truck via Twitter!

On Jimmy Fallon last night, Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s fame wore a polo shirt from Tompkins Point, the first certified fair trade certified clothing designer in the USA

We may have Cool Haus in LA, but Sweet Bite and their commitment to organic and local ingredients rules DC. The combination of chewy cookies and homemade ice cream are a treat Washingtonians are lucky to have.