Craving

As of late, I've had an almost overwhelming craving for a scoop or two of an ice cream called "Doc's Java." It comes from a little ice cream parlour in the village of Arroyo Grande, California called Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab. It's a quaint little place: large windows look out into the street, wooden booths with marble table tops, and a model train that runs on a track near the ceiling, running around the entire room.

They make their own ice cream there, as well as a couple flavors of frozen yogurt and one or two sorbets, and there's a window in the back room where you can watch them do it; hence the whole, "ice cream lab" name.

Every Wednesday, they do this little show where they show how they make the ice cream, and then they give the audience the opportunity to actually invent a new flavor. That flavor is produced, named by the audience, and put out in the parlour for general consumption. For ice cream lovers.....it's pretty cool.

Doc's Java, by the way, is a coffee ice cream (and not namby- pamby coffee ice cream, folks; it's the real deal, caffeine and all) with bits of chocolate covered espresso beans, and a creamy caramel swirl.

I'm also craving the Peanut Butter Cup Delight (which is chocolate ice cream with peanut butter swirl and peanut butter cups);

And S'mores (marshmallow ice cream with fudge and graham cracker swirls)

Cayucos Crunch (dark chocolate ice cream with dark chocolate chips, fudge swirl, and a caramel praline swirl as well)

And finally, Strawberry Cheesecake (Cheesecake ice cream with Strawberry swirl)

If anybody gets over to Doc's, tell Greg (the owner) that John in Bismarck, North Dakota is craving a scoop of everything. Maybe he'll send some.