The Seattle Ice Cream festival is JUST A WEEK AWAY!

So in preparation, we bring you today a quick little episode with an interview with Kurt Timmermeister, owner of Kurtwood Farms and Kurt Farm Shop on Chophouse Row in Seattle.

Kurt explains how the Seattle Ice Cream Festival started as a wish to try an array of ice cream flavors all at once to an event so big, they’re shutting down part of the neighborhood for it (and wondering how to keep dishing up the ice cream if thousands of people show up!)

And while we’ve got Kurt on the line, we learn about the teeny-tiny Kurt Farm Shop and its big commitment to fresh ingredients and clean, simple flavors. Kurt makes ice cream with the milk and cream from his Jersey herd at his farm, plus other Northwest-grown ingredients. (I’m looking forward to trying to simplest flavor of them all, though — just jersey cream.)

So enjoy this quick episode, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram and now Facebook as we explore the Seattle Ice Cream Festival! (If we figure out a way to transmit flavor via wifi before then, we’ll let you know.)

If you happen to be at the festival, find us — we’ll be the people wearing Sundae Drive shirts and eating as much ice cream as possible.

~Tara