When Andy Tarnoff said, "let's go grab a snack and talk about (insert work issue here)," I readily agreed. When we stopped in front of the gelato case, I decided to turn the snack into research. You know, "research."
I thought it would be interesting to compare the chocolate gelato at Whole Foods to the chocolate sorbetto, even though I suspected it wasn't going to be much of a fight.
And I was right.
Chocolate gelato is made from cream. Chocolate sorbetto is made with water, instead. Hardly a fair fight, I know.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't kick the chocolate sorbetto, which is pretty smooth and tasty, out of my cone, but it's the creamy, rich gelato that really gets me going.
The sorbetto is almost like chocolate italian ice, though it's smoother, less gritty. If you're counting calories, this is the choice for you and you likely won't be disappointed.
But if fat content is no object, our friend gelato will win every time.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
