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Preston and Steve
Dip for Charity
This Friday, November 4, 2011 from 12 noon to 1:00 pm, radio
celebrities Preston and Steve from WMMR will dip ice cream
to benefit the Philadelphia Police Foundation Fund. Be sure
to stop by the Bassetts Ice Cream store at the Reading Terminal
Market and show your support for Philly's Finest. More
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Does
Chef Eric Ripert Love Bassetts?
Celebrity chef and Top Chef judge, Eric Ripert, revealed his
favorite Philadelphia food picks on the The 10! Show that
aired on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 on NBC Philadelphia,
Channel 10. Wasl Bassetts Ice Cream mentioned among his favorite
foods in Philly? |
Festival
of Forgotten Foods...Saturday, November 12, 2011, 10:00 AM
- 4:00 PM
Bassetts Ice Cream will bring back the paw paw fruit in a
delectable, limited edition ice cream flavor available at
the Festival of Forgotten Foods in Center Court at the Reading
Terminal Market.
The paw paw is the largest edible fruit native to America.
Individual fruits weigh 5 to 16 ounces and are 3 to 6 inches
in length. It has an interesting flavor that has been described
as a fruit with a creamy, custard-like flesh with a tropical
flavor combination of mango, pineapple, and banana. Bassetts
Ice Cream will create this special flavor for the festival
in honor of this truly American fruit. |
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Pumpkin ice cream is back!
You will “fall” in love with our pumpkin ice cream--made
with real pumpkin and spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon. It
tastes just like a slice of Grandma’s pumpkin pie.
It’s no trick to figure out that this unique flavor
is a real treat! So get in the “spirit” and try
Bassetts pumpkin ice cream. Available for a limited time.
Bassetts Pumpkin Ice Cream can be found at the Bassetts
Ice Cream store in the Reading Terminal Market, as well
as many other locations throughout our delivery area, including…
- Brown’s Cow, Phoenixville, PA
- Colonial Village, Havertown, PA
- Gracie’s Ice Cream Parlor, Haddonfield, NJ
- Head Nut Shop, Ardmore, PA
- Johnson’s Corner Farm, Medford, NJ
- Little Candy Shoppe, Philadelphia, PA
- Market of Lafayette Hill, Lafayette Hill, PA
- Take 5 Gourmet, Robbinsville, NJ
- Vesuvio Pizzeria, Woolwich Twp, NJ
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Fairmount
Fling...Thursday, November 17, 2011, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Enjoy live music and culinary delights, including Bassetts
ice cream, from Fairmount restaurants, as well as live and
silent auctions at this 9th annual event benefiting the Fairmount
Community Development Corporation. The event will be held
in historic Founders Hall at Girard College, 2101 South College
Avenue (Girard & Corinthian Avenues). For more information,
go to www.fairmountfling.com. |
Crave
- The Food Network
Ice Cream: Socially Acceptable Lick Food Host Troy Johnson
travels across the US (from Philadelphia--the show starts
with a segment about Bassetts Ice Cream--to San Francisco
and points in between) in search of the ultimate ice cream
scoop.
Click here to see when the episode will air again
Crave,
hosted by Troy Johnson (original airdate September 12) |
2011
Food Export Marketing ForumTM Keynote Speaker
Bassetts Ice Cream Account Executive Brian Bebee will deliver
the keynote address at the Food Export USA conference in Boston,
MA on September 27. |
Bassetts Ice Cream is available in Anguilla
BWI and the Bahamas!
Ashley & Sons Mini Grocery in Anguilla began scooping
Bassetts Ice Cream in August! And Bassetts will soon be
available in the Bahamas too.
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Bassetts
Ice Cream marks 150th Year!
Bassetts Ice Cream celebrated it's 150th Anniversary at the
5th Annual Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival on July
16th. Highlights of the day included ice cream eating contests,
tastings, games, live music and a cake cutting by the Bassett
family. Click Here for photos from the celebration. |
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Bassetts Ice Cream is NOW available at ShopRite!!
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President Obama stopped by Bassetts
Ice Cream!
When the President was in Philadelphia on Monday, September
20th, he stopped into the Reading Terminal Market and purchased
cheesesteaks, apples and Bassetts Ice Cream! He shook hands
with Michael Strange, the president of Bassetts Ice Cream,
and Roger Bassett served him mint chocolate chip ice cream.
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1893, Lewis Dubois Bassett moved production of his ice cream to
the then newly built Reading Terminal Market. At the same time he
also opened a retail store. The store that he opened is still in
the same location.
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