We all scream

Roadfood.com, affiliated with the contributors to the NPR show the Splendid Table, has some restaurant reviews worth checking out. Officially I think it supposed to be food you would grab on a road trip, but most of the places fall into the scruffy looking, but good food serving restaurant category.

One of the recent posts concerns a Maine ice cream spot. The reviewers rhetorically ask why ice cream tastes best in New England. I'm not sure it tastes best, but it is astounding how much ice cream is located in this chilly corner of the nation. Boston is absurdly rich in ice cream, with Toscanini's (my fave), Herrell's (very good, but watch out for Peppermint, it tastes like a fistful of Altoids) Christina's and others. Every random place I have stopped in Maine has been excellent as well. Portland does very well by gelato but it is definately minor league in American style ice cream.