Fodor’s loves Tosci ice cream
Toscanini’s was featured recently in Fodor’s Travel as one of the dozen best ice cream shops in the United States, with the site applauding “its willingness to push the boundaries when it comes to flavors” such as Guinness and Wasabi Ginger. There are locations in East Cambridge and Central Square, Cambridge.
J.P. Licks goes Latin American
August ice cream flavors at J.P. Licks are inspired by Latin American cuisine: Tres Leches (condensed milk, evaporated milk with caramel notes and whole milk with soaked cake), Spiced Plantain (butter and brown sugar ice cream with caramelized plantains, cinnamon, cloves and anise) and Homemade Xtabentún Coffee (with anise and honey liqueur). The small chain is also featuring a Fresh Peach ice cream flavor and a peach sundae – vanilla ice cream topped with peaches and whipped cream. There are locations in Cambridge’s Harvard Square and Somerville’s Davis and Assembly squares.
Bambara’s Dine Out menu ending
A Dine Out Boston Restaurant Week fixed-dinner menu runs through Saturday at chef Adam Resnick’s Bambara Kitchen & Bar in East Cambridge: a three-course dinner of summer flavors and ingredients such as clam chowder or calamari, salmon or steak frites, and strawberry frozen yogurt for $55 per person, available only during dinner hours of 5 to 10 p.m.
Field trip with Urban Hearth
Erin Miller, a James Beard nominee for Best Chef Northeast, creates dishes centered around New England’s farms and fisheries at Urban Hearth, her restaurant at 2263 Massachusetts Ave., North Cambridge. But on Aug. 23, she focuses her talents more narrowly on produce and meat sourced directly from Weir River Farm in Hingham for an on-site, 3 p.m. meal overlooking its wild woodlands. $395.
Puritan clambake beckons
Chef Will Gilson has been celebrating summer with clambakes on the Puritan & Co. patio. Diners at the Inman Square restaurant, which creates meals rooted in New England tradition, sit at communal tables to enjoy two drinks and three courses of classic regional offerings such as stuffies, clam chowder, lobster and peach cobbler. The next clambake is 6 p.m. Aug. 31. $85.
Shirley’s selling out at Tilde
The Shirley Eat More Sunshine eatery in Somerville’s Davis Square hosts pop-up dinners at the Tilde coffee shop in North Cambridge on Sept. 5, with reservations at 5:30 p.m. (An Aug. 22 seating and a later seating on the September date have sold out.) The four-course meals emphasize summer flavors: melon and cucumber salad; a focaccia with tomato butter; roasted chicken smothered in local peach, gochujang barbecue sauce with green beans and aioli; and Boozy Shortcake with blueberries and rum. $61.
Somerville Fermentation Festival
The inaugural Somerville Fermentation Festival is Sept. 7 at the Center for Arts at the Armory. The free event celebrates the world of fermented foods with a speaker series, vendors, exhibitions and sauerkraut-making demonstrations, among other things. Restaurants La Saison and Pagu will serve food showcasing their fermentation flavors.
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