Flavors can change quickly when the weather is this nice.

The basics

French Vanilla
Belgian Chocolate (our milk chocolate)
Espresso
Strawberry
Cookie Dough
Chocolate Chip
Cherries & Chocolate Chips
Cocoa Pudding (our very dark chocolate)

Burnt Caramel
Ginger Snap Molasses

Very rich ice creams
B3 (Brown Butter, Brown Sugar & Brownies)
Goat Cheese Brownie
Butter Chocolate Chip
Butter Almond
Rice Krispie Treats
Coffee Ice Cream Sandwich

From the sub-continent
Khulfee (cardamom, chopped almonds & pistachios)
Mango
Mango Sorbet
Salty Saffron

Boozy
Bourbon Chocolate Chip
Mint Julep

From The Islands
Mango
Mango Sorbet
Grape Nut
Grape Nut Raisin

Fruits
Mango
Strawberry
Pink Grapefruit ice cream
Mint Julep
Coconut Sorbet
Strawberry Sorbet
Mango Sorbet

Sorbets (no dairy)
Mango Sorbet
Coconut Sorbet

First of all Steve Jobs didn’t die.  He simply gave up day to day responsibilities to become Apple’s chairman of the board.  I have an iPhone, an Air and love the cartoons.  But he never came into the store for a cone despite our location close to MIT.

But I did have one very short direct observation of Jobs, some years ago.  Now he’s famous for wearing turtlenecks and blue jeans but there was a period when he dressed with a French flair.  He even had a cool haircut.  He was quite noticeable when I saw him waiting for an elevator in what was then the new Media Lab, the Weisner Building designed by I.M. Pei.  If you had a still camera, or only had a still camera he was the well turned out image then being projected by the press.  But if you rode the elevator with him he was a bundle of tics and twitches, with a little Gates-like davening thrown in.

Lee Shulman died on August 25.  Lee was our landlord for many years.  My first partner Kurt and I met him when we visited his office to inquire about renting what has been our only home here at 899 Main Street.  Lee’s offices were then located above a Greek pizzeria in an old and old-fashioned building across from The Christian Science Center.  Boston childens’ television host Rex Trailer had an office in the building.  Lew Archer or Sam Spade would have been comfortable in both the building and the neighborhood.

Over the years Toscanini’s prospered as Lee’ tenant.  He became our insurance agent and we worked with each of his three sons, Bill, Steve and Ken.  Today Hundreds of friends mourned Lee at his funeral at Temple Emanuel in Newton.  Each of his sons spoke well about their father. I learned that Lee had been born in East Boston, and left an hour early for school so he could fight his way to class.  He served in Europe during World War 2.   Ken described him as being illogically extreme in his moderation about all things except for his love for his wife.

He believed that nothing improved without effort.  He was ten minutes early to at least one meeting every day and the habit added years to his life.  His son Ken has written about sports of every kind and described his Dad as playing “small ball”, the term for baseball that features singles and execution of fundamentals.  His exemplary life  filled a large building with mourners.  He did a great deal to help us and our family shares the Shulman’s loss.

This is incomplete and subjective.  Both Central Square and Kendall Square have become busy and very diverse restaurant areas.  Many new restaurants have opened and more are coming.

Salts
Gabriel Kremer, Food & Wine Best Young Chef
905 Main St.
617 876-8444
www.saltsrestaurant.com

Craigie on Main
Tony Maws, Food & Wine Best Young Chef and James Beard Award winner
Snout to tail, famous for its hamburger and much more.
853 Main St.
617 497-5511
www.craigieonmain.com

Rendezvous
Lifetime Achievement Award to Chef Steve Johnson
502 Mass. Ave.
617 576 1900
www.rendezvouscentralsquare.com

Bondir
Jason Bond’s very individual take on farm to fork locavore
279 Broadway
Ste A
Cambridge, MA 02139
617 661-0009
www.bondircambridge.com

Area 4
Michael Leviton takes the turnpike in from Newton’s Lumiere
500 Technology Square
Main St.
617
www.areafour.com/

Catalyst
Bill Koval from Aujourd hui in Boston
Not yet open but coming.
300 Technology Square

Moska
Not yet opened but coming soon.  Patricia Yeo from NYC’s AZ and Ginger Park in Boston and Om in Harvard Square.
450 Mass. Ave.

Central Kitchen
Gary Strack’s hip bistro
567 Mass. Ave.
617 268-0106
www.enormous.tv/central

Fireplace Saints
Coming soon
Gary’s new restaurant in once-lonely Kendall Sqaure
1 Broadway

Meadhall
4 Cambridge Center
617  714-4372
www.themeadhall.com

Central Bottle
handsome wine store, great cheeses and meats and wonderful small bites inspires by Venetian cichetti.
196 Mass. Ave.
617 225-0040
www.centralbottle.com

Flour
The third bakery from Joanne Chang.  Sandwiches, home-made pop tarts and more.
190 Mass. Ave.
617 225-2525

http://flourbakery.com/

EVOO/ ‘Za
‘Za is the pizza and salad cafe.  EVOO is Patrick McCarthy’s restaurant.  Extra Virgin Olive Oli.
350 Third St.
617 661-3866
www.evoorestaurant.com

Abigail’s
291 Third St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
617 945-9086
A hip gastropub that just opened across from EVOO and next to Abigail’s.  Part of the group of places that might be traced back to East Coast Grill.
abigailsrestaurant.net

Miracle of Science
perfect bar for this quirky neighborhood.  Lots of engineers, labtops for tables and photos of Einstein and Dr. Land.  Good ice cream too.
321 Mass. Ave.
617 868-2866.
www.miracleofscience.us/
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Middlesex
The guys from Miracle of Science open a lounge-scene.
315 Mass. Ave.
617 617 868 MSEX
www.middlesexlounge.com

AFRICAN
Bytes
Hidden down an alley and not really on Sidney Street.  Great West African food and American lunches.
64 Sidney st.
617 621-3513

Baraka Cafe
Northern African food.  Best lemonade in the world and much more.
80.5 Pearl St.
617 868-3951
www.barakacafe.com

Asmara Ethiopian
Central Square’s first and third African restaurant.
739 Mass. Ave.
617 617) 864-7447
www.asmararestaurantboston.com

Coffee shops
1369
757 Mass. Ave.
617 576-4600
www.1359coffeehouse.com

Voltage
Another new neighbor in once empty Kendall Sq.  Across from EVOO and next to Abigails.
295 Third  St.
617  714-3974
www.voltagecoffee.com

Starbucks
Venti and Trenta and singular Panini.  Worst Italian in American
655 Mass. Ave
617
www.

Dunkin Donuts
Munchkins!
Mass. Ave.

Toscanini’s
899 Main St.
617 491-5877
www.tosci.com

ASIAN

Mary Chung’s
Dan Dan noodles!
464 Mass. Ave.
617 864-1991
www.marychung.com

Royal East
Where parents of MIT students eat.
792 Main St.
617 661-1660
www.royaleast.com

Pu Pu Hot Pot
The real name is No. 1 Scholar’s Special Eating Place
907 Main St.
617 491-6636
www.pupuchinese.com

All Asia
The Cape Cod League of Boston’s music scene
332 Mass. Ave.
617 497-1544
www.allasiabar.com

Floating Rock
Great Cambodian food from Revere
485 Mass. Ave.
617 455-4009
www.floatingrockcambridge.com

Pepper Sky
Thai
20 Pearl St.
617 495-2541
wwww.pepperskys.com

Rangzen Tibetan
24 Pearl St.
617 354-8881
www.rangzenfood.com

Theolonious Monkfish
524 Mass. Ave.
617 441-2116
www.facebook.com/theloniousmonkfish

Thailand Cafe
A great Szechuan restaurant hidden inside a Thai restaurant.
302 Mass. Ave.
617 492-2494

IINDIAN
Royal Bengal
Mass. Ave.
617

MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD

Middle East
472 Mass. Ave.
617
www.mideastclub.com

Zu Zu
474 Mass. Ave.
617  864 -3278 x 237
www.zuzubar.com

Karl’s Rant@Zu Zu
is the daytime version with ouside seating, brunch and lunch

Olive Tree Cafe
245 Mass. Ave.
617 441-8689
www.

BURGER Chains
Wendy’s
Mass. Ave.

Four Burgers
704 Mass. Ave.
617 441-5444
www.fourburgers.com

McDonald’s
Mass. ave.

PIZZA
Every band eats here, and their fans.
Hi Fi Pizza & Giant Sub
496 Mass. Ave.
617 492-4600

Cinderella’s
They deliver everywhere, have a big menu, stay open late and sell Toscanini’s.  They’ll deliver ice cream too.
901 Main St.
617 576-0280
www.cinderellasitalianfood.com

Chicago Pizza
239 Mass. Ave.
617 497 – 5555
www.cambridgepizza.com

Today is the day that students arrive at the New England Conservatory.  No school makes more direct contributions to life in Boston.  Want a cheap date then check out all kinds of free music events.  Want an intimate and often amazing musical experience return to the New England Conservatory calendar.  Wonderful music is available almost every day.  Jordan Hall is near Symphony Hall and one of Boston’s great surprises.

French Vanilla
Belgian Chocolate
Saffron
Proscuitto
Grape Nut Raisin
Chocolate Chip
Burnt Caramel
Gianduia
Hydrox Cookie
Cake Batter
Green Tea
B3
Mint Hydrox Cookie
Bourbon Vienna Finger Cookie
Cherry Goat Cheese
Strawberry
Salty Caramel
Chocolate Hydrox Cookie
Khulfee
Chocolate No. 3
Bourbon Chocolate Flake
Peanut Butter Honey
White Coffee
Pink Grapefruit
Butter Almond
Nocciola
Black Bottom Pie
Goat Cheese Brownie
Rum Raisin

Blackberry-Coconut Sorbet
Pink Grapefruit Sorbet
Strawberry Sorbet

Flavors change quickly when the weather is this nice.

French Vanilla
Belgian Chocolate
Grape Nut Raisin
Wort
Cake Batter
Strawberry
Butter Chocolate Chip
Sweet Cream
Khulfee
B3
Chocolate Hydrox Cookie
Rum Raisin
Hydrox Cookie
Cocoa Pudding
Mint Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough
Chocolate Vienna Finger Cookie
Mocha
Just Fluff
Orange
Bourbon Vienna Finger Cookie
Salty Raisin
Sugar Plum Sherry
Irish Coffee
Chicory
Peach
Espresso
Butter Almond

Coconut Sorbet
Bourbon Peach Sorbet
Mango Sorbet

These are the flavors we have at 3PM.  Flavors can change quickly when the weather is nice but that is probably not the case today.

French Vanilla
Belgian Chocolate
Grape Nut Raisin
Coffee Ice Cream Sandwich
Cake Batter
Strawberry
Butter Chocolate Chip
Sweet Cream
Butter Almond
Rum Raisin
Hydrox Cookie
Chocolate Chips
Chicory
Bourbon
B3  (Brownies, Brown Sugar and Brown Butter)
Peach  (New England’s peach season is usually short but glorious)
Earl Grey
Orange
Coffee
Salty Raisin  (suggested by a visionary customer)
Vienna Finger Cookie
Irish Coffee
Cookie Dough
Burnt Caramel
Espresso Chocolate Chip
Nocciola
Rice Krispie Treat (new and wonderful)
Khulfee (cardamom with chopped almonds and pistachios)
Sugar Plum (actually made with Pluots but that word sounds nuclear)

Coconut Sorbet
Bourbon Peach Sorbet
Mango Sorbet

Cambridge celebrity Sari Boren had a backyard dessert party on Saturday where she and friends used recipes from the new cookbook by the owner of Jeni’s Ice Cream.  Jeni’s is located in Columbus, Ohio  and sells pints at Formaggio’s.  Both of which constitute endorsements.   Jeni’s uses a recipe base that is similar to the unique gelati of Sicily, which is thickened with starch or starches.  You can also sample this type of  gelato at Oleana on Hampshire St. where pastry chef Maura Kilpatrick’s marvelous’s list is often a survey of frozen desserts form different nations.  Jeni’s cookbook is a good story about a woman finally succeeding with her own business and an excellent guide to making ice cream at home.  Sari and her friends made a variety of flavors including what the book calls Kona Stout and a Basil Pine Nut ice cream.  The book notes the importance of quality vendors and the happiness of being part of a vital food community.  Columbus has long had a reputation as the home of many fast food concepts and the book describes a great artisanal food center.

One surprising complaint is that some copies of the book may be printed with non-waterproof inks so while working in a wet kitchen you can discover that you own a collection of watercolor recipes.