The “Unwrapped” episode featuring Dandy Don’s ice cream sundae bars airs again on the Food Network at 8:30 p.m. on April 10th. The name of the show is called “Toppings.” Here’s the description of it: Find out the history behind Hershey’s Syrup, see the secrets of making fresh fruit cereal toppers, and discover squeezable spreads. Then check out how cheese gets shredded and meet Dandy Don and his portable ice cream shop. Here’s the Food Network link with the current air times: HERE
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Feb 112009
Dandy Don’s HomeMade Ice Cream is voluntarily removing peanut products from our Sundae Bar Toppings because of the possible health risk.
Jan 052009
I was reading through some Chowhound threads today and remembered this awesome post about Dandy Don’s Ice Cream in pints from back in 2003. Here’s the link if you want to check it out for yourself: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/56229. Shelley Kelley starts out by saying, “I have heard from a friend of a friend that this is [...more]
Dec 112008
Thank you, LA 2 Day, The Los Angeles Lifestyle Magazine, for your article on The Top 5: Homemade Ice Cream & Gelato Shops. We love that you said, “Dandy’s also offers Sundae parties, where the ice cream and all of the fixings come to you! Their ice cream is subtle, creamy and just plain tasty. [...more]
“Cookies and cakes are custom baked, ice cream comes from Dandy Don’s and syrups and sundae toppings are made in house,” so says the Daily Candy write-up of Marty D’s hot dog diner in Beverly Hills. It goes on to mention, “Mr. D uses only buns from a recipe he helped perfect, chicken sausages from [...more]
Feb 012008
The February issue of Los Angeles magazine mentions Dandy Don’s HomeMade Ice Cream. One of their restaurant reviews has this great line: “Hold out for dessert because Dandy Don’s artisan ice cream churned at his Van Nuys plant is a treat.”
Dandy Don participated in a hamburger tasting panel convened by the Food Section of the Daily News. He and three others including Natalie Haughton, the Daily News Food Editor, ranked hamburgers by fast-food chains. L.A. Observed wrote a funny summary of the whole thing which you can read here: http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/03/tale_of_two_taste_tests.php
Dec 012006
Entrepreneur Magazine wrote about Don Whittemore’s networking practices in their article entitled: Good Connections, Take your business where you want it by networking. Here’s a link to it: http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2006/december/170680.html