Article: Ice cream maker was born to scoop

Gloria Niedbala was born with a silver ice cream scoop in her mouth. Her grandparents ran a sweet shop and ice cream store; her aunt was a baker, and Niedbala naturally thought life was a bowl of ice cream.

Now she teaches ice cream classes to a very eager audience at the Persimmon Tree cookware store, 127 Third St. in west suburban Geneva.

"I've always been making ice cream," said Niedbala, whose creations include a rich, ice cream version of apple crisp and a glorious concoction simply called white chocolate macadamia ice cream. In one class she taught a recipe for a chocolate sorbet with coconut-rum sauce.

Niedbala's recipes are for ice cream lovers whose tastes extend well beyond ...

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