Dallas Farmers Market Friends Hosts 6th Annual Mama Ida’s Ice Cream Social

Posted on June 7th, 2012 12:07pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Dallas Must-Do List, Events, Farmers Markets, frozen treats, fundraiser, ice cream, Local/Slow Food, Nostalgia

Mama Ida and the winning team of Joshua Webster, Elvin Westbrook, Charles Miller, and Aaron Cessac at the Third Annual Mama Ida's Ice Cream Social in 2008. (Photo by Nancy Nichols)

Life in Dallas hasn’t been the same since Mama Ida Papert passed away in January 2011. She was a driving force behind the Dallas Farmers Market for nearly 60 years. Her tireless efforts to make the Farmers Market a vibrant venue in downtown Dallas are well-known among food lovers, farmers, and bureaucrats alike. In 1991, she formed the Dallas Farmers Market Friends, an advocacy group that boasts more than 400 members, and, in 1993, she joined forces with the American Institute of Wine and Food to start cooking classes in the Resource Center.

She also initiated Mama Ida’s Ice Cream Social, an event that benefits local culinary students and participants of the nutrition and culinary arts program at the Dallas County Youth Village. Ida loved this event. This Next Saturday (June 16) you can fall in love with it too.

The 6th Annual Mama Ida’s Ice Cream Social takes place from 9 a.m. – 11 and for $5 you can sample the ice cream made by the kids and cast your vote. The ice cream social ‘Public Choice’ winners will be awarded $250 for first place, $150 for second place and $75 for third. It’s a hoot. And as long as you’re at the market, load up on fresh fruit and produce. It’s prime time. More information here. Miss you, Mama Ida.

8 comments

Ice cream social is June 16th not this Saturday.

Yvaun @ 12:21 pm on June 7, 2012
Thanks Nancy!

Food*Sparks @ 1:22 pm on June 7, 2012
The cooking classes are outstanding and great value, but they are in the Resource Center teaching kitchen at the Farmers Market.

Lee @ 2:36 pm on June 7, 2012
What a sweet lady. I went last year and had a great time. I met that super cute chef from Parigi. Is he single?

FarmerGirl @ 4:39 pm on June 7, 2012
@FarmerGirl That is Chad Houser, and I’m sorry to be the one to tell you, he has a girlfriend. (It’s not me, by the way, I’m just lettin’ ya’ know.)

However, I think he’ll be there again this year…I’m just sayin’.

Food*Sparks @ 1:45 pm on June 8, 2012
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