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• Position: What's New? Winter Gear & Food Fest - New ice cream flavors - Brief Article

If there's a single food that Americans most identify with, it's arguably ice cream, whether strolling with a cone, hunched over a heaping banana split at a soda fountain counter, or raiding the refrigerator in the middle of the night. Recently, however, variations on the time-honored theme have been making inroads into ice cream's bailiwick, offering slightly different tastes and textures to America's favorite dessert.

Pierre's French Ice Cream Company, Cleveland, Ohio, specializes in frozen custard, which has a higher level of butterfat than even premium ice creams and adds a touch of pasteurized egg yolk to impart a rich flavor. Its menu is as mouthwatering as it is delicious: Boardwalk Butter Pecan; Fun House Brownie--chocolate with a fudge swirl and brownie chunks; Main Street Peanut Brittle--vanilla with honey-roasted peanuts and caramel swirl; Classic Vanilla Thriller; Carousel Chocolate, made with a special blend of cocoa; Midway Cherry Arcade--vanilla with black cherries and chocolate chunks; and Amazing Waffle Cone Scrambler, which pulls out all the stops, adding...