Katie Heldstab // Leona's Ice Cream Sandwiches
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Warning:\\xa0this conversation\\xa0will\\xa0make your mouth water.
\\nKatie and\\xa0Christa\\xa0are the married couple\\xa0behind\\xa0Leona\'s Ice Cream Sandwiches. Named in memory of their dog, Leona\'s is a local, small business that sells ice cream sandwiches created with homemade and local ingredients. "We don\'t put shit in our ice cream that is not real" says Katie Heldstab\\u2014and, while made from real dairy, they are\\xa0lactose free! Many of their\\xa0recipes are sourced from a recipe book created for the couple by\\xa0Katie\'s mother and father, but this creative duo comes up with flair combinations themselves. Both Christa and Katie have a head for business as well as good taste for flavor combination.
\\nIn this chat, Katie talks about being married to her business partner, shares the history of Leona\'s, gives insight into what goes into making the sandwiches (from conception to production\\u2014but no trade secrets!), and looks into the future for what\'s to come for Leona\'s.
\\nWarning number two:\\xa0The end of this chat gets a little controversial! Katie is a Midwesterner and Genevieve is from the East Coast and they discuss in depth why Pittsburgh\\xa0definitely belongs to neither but instead,\\xa0it\'s own beautiful thing.\\xa0
\\nYou can find Leona\'s Ice Cream Sandwiches in local stores such as Zeke\'s Coffee and 52nd Street Market. Find the whole list and learn more about them at their website linked\\xa0below!
\\n\\u2013Jennifer Huang
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