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I can do fruit-based frozen yogurt, but I detest all fruit-flavored ice creams. Strawberry ice cream ruins Napolean, which is the type of ice cream my family likes to buy for summer celebrations. Yuck.

A rice cooker would certainly help too. I just got one that I can't wait to use...maybe on this dish!

The Paupered Chef (www.thepauperedchef.com) did a whole week of cheap and tasty lunch spots in the Flat Iron district. Check it out.

I don't have a recipe for it off the top of my head, but lemon icebox pie would be a good option. I think I've seen Emeril make it, and I believe the Summer Shack cookbook has a recipe too.

Batali's chicken with green sauce has become a new favorite meal at my house. I think we made it a few days after the original post, and we're always on the look-out for good tomatillos to make another batch.

i love strawberry ice cream, BlueBell calls theirs "strawberries and homemade vanilla". they are based in texas but now available in about 17 states through the south and some of the southwest. their seasonal peaches and homemade vanilla is very tasty as well. and yes, difficult to mass produce. before they started making it, i had only had actual home made. i think there are so many bad strawberry ice cream experiences out there because strawberries are difficult and artificial flavors were widely used in the past, especially "strawberry" which has no relation whatsoever to the actual strawberry. BTW, BlueBell also has "ultimate neopolitan" which is their straberries and homemade vanilla, dutch chocolate and homemade vanilla. it will change your mind about neopolitan...thanks

I would argue that the best ice cream of whatever flavor is first cream, then whatever else is added in. This is why haagen dazs strawberry (ie cream, strawberries, sugar...) was able to sustain me for an entire pregnancy.... The pink stuff that tastes like strawberry jelly doesn't count in the debate. As for what's the best formulation, you can't beat homemade in june with freshly picked berries, unless it's homemade peach in august.

I submit that the finest ice cream experience to be had in the United States is the fresh-strawberry milkshake at the Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.

Alabama strawberries!

Okay, good strawberry ice cream is a thing of beauty. One of the reasons Häagen Daz has been so good is they have a thing for Oregon berries which have been mentioned at least twice already. A Ranier strawberry is one of the finest things I've ever tasted. I ate two pints [of berries, not ice cream] the first time I encountered them. I'll do it again someday. Now, I won't be happy until I've had a scoop.

Ben & Jerry's strawberry cheesecake = swoon.
As Ed indicated in his most previous comment, the simpler the ingredients the better. Cream, Strawberries, Skim Milk, Sugar and Egg Yolks is as close to home made as you can get in a carton bought from a store.