Ice Cream Man

Ice Cream Man: 25 Years at Toscanini's in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Gus Rancatore and Helen Epstein (10,200 words)

A highly entertaining, idiosyncratic mini-memoir, with recipes, about 25 years of running a gourmet ice cream shop down the street from Harvard and MIT. Gus Rancatore shares his initiation into ice cream making, catering to customers, managing employees, and tracking changes in music, teen culture, and the urban landscape.