5 Boroughs Ice Cream

5 Boroughs Ice Cream, a new company based in Astoria, was mentioned in the Times last week.  They have five flavors, one for each borough.  Gourmet Garage had an introductory special, 2 pints for $7, so I bought a couple of pints.  I usually prefer a very simple ice cream -one flavor with one mixed in item max.  I'll make an exception for the baklava ice cream.  Mmm, it was good.  It's got pieces of baklava!  Plus almonds, walnuts, cinnamon and nutmeg.  It's got guar gum and carrageenan as well in case you are hungering for emulsifiers and stabilizers.  The Staten Islad Land Fill is also quite good.  It has chocolate cake chunks, brownies, fudge and cherries.  Other flavors include Bay Ridge Amaretto Amoré, South Bronx Cha Cha Chocolate, and SoHo Cappuccino.  5 Boroughs uses New York ingredients as much as possible and the ice cream is made upstate in Boonville.  Ironically, 5 Boroughs ice cream is currently only for sale in Manhattan.

Semi-related:  Kevin Walsh's book, Forgotten New York:  The Ultimate Urban Explorer's Guide to the Five Boroughs goes on sale today.  Go out and get yourself a copy!

Unrelated:  Happy birthday Jen and Roseanne!  (Roseanne's birthday may have been a couple of days ago, or on Thursday, I'm splitting the difference and saying it is today.)