In January of 2012, we made a trip to Houston. On the way there, we made a stop at Brenhem, Texas to see how Blue Bell Creameries makes their popular ice cream products. The folks over at Blue Bell graciously let us take pictures and share with our readers so those of you who don't have the opportunity to visit one their three production facilities in Brenham, Texas, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, or Sylacauga, Alabama can get a chance to look behind-the-scenes.

In December 2011, Michael Ohene, author of the Analyzing a Baking Recipe article, sent me a new essay (on creating personalized cookie recipes) and a link to an online tool he wrote that generates cookie recipes on demand (Create-a-Cookie). I was immediately a fan of the flexibility of the cookie generator (Just tell it what type of cookie, how rich, and how sweet you want it and it randomly generates a cookie of the type you want. Don't like the ingredients? No problem, just generate another set of ingredients. Then have it display the detailed recipe in whatever units you prefer.) and agreed to publish Michael's article.