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The Zoku Ice Ball Mold comes with two units that create 2.5-inch balls. The silicon units are easy to use. To release the ice balls after freezing simply pull the halves apart, flip over the mold, and push on the bottom of it. The ice balls should snap right out. The units are designed to stack in your freezer, but the bright red design is attractive enough to display on your bar.

If you really want to make clear ice without investing in a fancy machine, use Camper English’s cooler method, which employs a technique he pioneered called “directional freezing.” Fill a large Igloo or similar cooler in your walk-in or large freezer and leave the top off. The water will freeze from the top down only, since the sides are insulated. That way, only the bottom 25 percent or so of the cooler will remain cloudy.

1. Keep condenser coils clean & degrease them if necessary. Check at least once a month. 2. Make sure that the door gaskets are in good condition. 3. Make sure that automatic door closers are operating properly if your refrigerator has them. 4. Keep commercial ice machines clean.

The Manistee restaurant had been in the Neal family but Bob Sr. sold it years ago to a Manistee resident. The Little River Band of Indians took over the business briefly in 2007 but shut it down after nine months of heavy losses. Bob Neal then bought it back and in June 2008, Barry reopened it.

It turns out a transformer has blown on nearby Cole Street, and the whole block is without power. It will remain so for the better part of an hour. Which is how my interview with Dre and Cube and some of the actors who star in Straight Outta Compton — Corey Hawkins (who plays young Dre), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (also known as Cube’s son) and Jason Mitchell (as Eazy-E) — takes place entirely in the dark. With the only flicker of light coming from Dre’s gleaming Rolex, the producers and stars of the film talk thoughtfully — sometimes angrily — about the difficult 13-year journey it took for Straight Outta Compton to get to the screen. How it went through two studios, overcame decades-old feuds, underwent countless rewrites — not to mention an alleged vehicular homicide ("a really tragic incident," says Dre) — and still was filming in North Hollywood as little as three weeks ago to finally emerge intact for its Aug. 14 opening date.

"These are the best Ice Cube trays that I have ever used. They fill easily enough and then are covered so that foreign things don’t end up in your ice and more importantly so that they can be stacked. However, my favorite feature is the ease at which all of the cubes just release from the ice tray … You can remove a few or all with a small twist of the tray ….no more banging or holding the tray under hot water," said one verified purchaser in November 2016.

They’ve modernized the flavors as well. Beyond the traditional version studded with raisins and candied citrus, you can now find panettoni filled with a variety of pastry creams — cocoa, limoncello and pistachio among them — or studded with chunks of chocolate or candied chestnuts (my favorite). Some are encrusted with a sugary almond topping, and others are sprinkled with pearled sugar. In the mountain town of Scanno, in Abruzzo, my friend Angelo Di Masso of Pasticceria DiMasso makes distinctly Abruzzese versions, including one spiked with mosto cotto (grape must syrup) and another with ratafia, a liqueur made from sour cherries.

Visitors are able to view all the steps of the ice-cream making process, which Lauren explains as follows: First is pasteurization when the milk, cream, sugar, and eggs are heated together to a certain temperature to kill germs; the mix moves to the homogenizer where the fat globules are arranged to a smaller size so the mix becomes smoother and creamier; it then goes to storage tanks where the flavor develops overnight; next it goes into vats where the mix-ins are added; and finally it’s churned into ice cream.

1 Combine the sultanas and rum or liqueur in a small bowl. Cover with plastic wrap; let sit at least 8 hours to plump up the raisins, stirring them two or three times. (You can do this the day before you plan to prepare the panettone dough and let the sultanas sit overnight.)

"We recommend drawing and discarding at least one quart of water from your refrigerator water dispenser before drinking," Austin Water said on its website. "Automatic ice makers should be emptied of any ice created during the boil water order; allow the machine to make new ice and discard any ice produced during the next 24 hours."

The new factory is 15 times the size as the Gowanus shop where production was previously housed and can produce 10 times as much ice cream. This is very important considering Ample Hills now has nine locations in NYC, as well as outposts in Jersey City, LA, and even Disney World.

To use a portable ice maker, simply pour water (bottled or tap) into the machine’s reservoir and let the machine take over. Unlike a built-in refrigerator ice maker, a portable ice maker doesn’t need to be connected to your water line. As a result you can take it with you in your RV or wherever you’re going to need ice cubes.