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Former Investment Banker Brings Popular Arlington Ice Cream Shop To Maryland
When it comes to making ice cream, sherbert, and sorbets, Rollin Amore has a very simple strategy: To make good flavors. He makes unique ones, too.
“I come up with each flavor,” said Amore, “and if it doesn’t pass my test, I throw it out.”
The method to Amore's madness seems to work, as the 70-year-old owner will soon be bringing his Arlington ice cream shop Mimi's Handmade—named after one of his daughters—to Rockville, MD.
By late July or early August, Amore plans to have at least two more Mimi’s Handmade shops open—the one in Rockville, MD and another in Fairfax. By the end of the year,…
Cancer-Causing Chemical Found In More Shampoo Products, Independent Laboratory's Study Reveals
An independent laboratory is reporting that it has found a cancer-causing chemical in more batches of shampoo products.
Many brands of dry shampoo products -- including some Dove, Nexxus, Suave, TIGI, and TRESemmé products -- had already been recalled by manufacturer Unilever containing the cancer-causing chemical benzene in an announcement made on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, the independent laboratory Valisure, based in New Haven, CT, reported finding a high level of benzene in more batches of dry shampoo.
It said that high levels of benzene were found in 70 per…
