Chief ice cream maker Andy worked all day on his part of a special meal we are creating with Seasoned to Taste for this Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7pm. Lately we have been busy with things other than the ice creams we make and serve here, or even the usual wholesale flavors we make for restaurants as varied as Stella, Tupelo, Central Kitchen, the Lyceum in Salem, Gibbet Hill in Groton, and all the B Good hamburger palaces.

We are working on a flavor that evokes short-term memory loss, because of a play to be presented early in 2012 at the Central Square Theater.

We are also working on a flavor that suggests the idea of a worm-hole, which in this neighborhood is not something you find when looking for bait or gardening. A worm-hole is a theoretical mathematical shape that may enable time travel. We are making that flavor as part of a celebration of a new high definition video link between MIT and Stanford.

Chef owner Robert Harris of Seasoned to Taste describes his own struggles to create Toscanini’s Ice Cream Picnic.

“After an epic menu planning session with Mimi and Andy of Tocanini’s, a menu is born. Let me tell you folks, incorporating ice cream in to a six course dinner is very challenging…alas we have tempted fate and we think the results will be extraordinary. Check out the menu below:

Amuse Duet

Wellfleet Oyster, Vermont Cider Mignonette Granita
Pulled Pork Sandwich, Coleslaw Ice Cream

Grappa Bloody Mary, Celery Sorbet Straw, Dixie Cup

Just Beet it
Roasted Golden Beet
Red Beet and Goat Cheese, and Thyme Ice Cream
Seared beet tops and Candy stem

Three
Butter Poached Lobster, Red Carrot Foam
Eva’s Tempura Edible Flower, Locally foraged Mushrooms

Four
Roasted Cavendish Quail Brulee, Sunny Side up Egg,
African Blue Basil Mascarpone Farcir
Country Pate Stuffed Delacata Squash Ring
Burnt Caramel Sauce Seared Bronze Fennel

Five
House Brined Lamb Ham, Butternut Puree Sauce, Seared Brussels Sprout Leaves
Mint and Pine Nut Pesto Sorbet, Garlic Dust

Dessert
Cheddar and Honey Crisp Apple Soufflé with
Ice Wine Disk, Dried Apple Chip