Butterfat

In this episode, host Marc Wheeler interviews Elder Leona Santiago about traditional foods of the Tlingit people. Leona discusses and demonstrates how to make soapberries,  sometimes called Tlingit ice cream. To learn more about soapberries, watch this video of Leona's late friend, Helen Watkins.

How does a beekeeper make it through an Alaskan winter? Find out in our interview with James Reid from Stoked Beekeeping. You'll also learn what makes their fireweed honey so delicious in Coppa's fireweed honey lavender ice cream.

We test our recipes on some seaweed specialists from Barnacle Foods.

Can you tell how much butterfat is in an ice cream? We put co-host Christy Ciambor to the test.

In this episode, we explore the use of acid in the flavoring of sorbets and ice creams.

In this episode, we explore the use of salt in ice cream flavoring.

In this episode, we explore magic shell and other inclusions used in ice cream making.

In this episode, we explore the history and production of chocolate and its role in ice cream.

In this episode, we discuss National Ice Cream Day and America’s long love affair with ice cream. To learn more about Thomas Jefferson’s ice cream recipe, brought back from France by his slave chef, James Hemings, click here.

In this episode, we explore the history, cultivation, and manufacturing of vanilla, the world’s only edible orchid.

In this episode, we talk about Juneau’s ice cream history and some of Coppa’s unique ice cream flavors. https://coppa.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ButterfatEpisode2.mp3

In this episode, ice cream maker Marc Wheeler discusses the origin’s of his and his wife’s ice cream and coffee shop, Coppa. He also discusses rhubarb as an ingredient and talks about Coppa’s values.