As summer approaches, my mind turns to beach trips and ice cream. Who am I kidding, I’m always thinking about ice cream. I got an especially strong hankering a while ago when I watched this news footage about ice cream legend Steve Herrell, from his first shop Steve’s Ice Cream in Davis Square. Herrell opened Steve’s Ice Cream in 1973, with the purpose of selling premium handmade ice cream, as opposed to the massively processed alternative. In his little shop, which sold out of ice cream the very first day it opened, Herrell popularized low-air ice cream and the mix-in (or “smoosh-in” - a term Herrell has trademarked). This approach has since become much more widespread, often in shops founded by former Steve’s employees, like Amy’s and Toscanini’s, as well as being the basis for chains like Cold Stone Creamery. more
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