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Ice Cream Man: 25 Years at Toscanini's
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Binding: Digital
Label: Amazon
Manufacturer: Amazon
Number Of Pages: 35
Publication Date: October 12, 2006
Publisher: Amazon
Release Date: October 12, 2006
Studio: Amazon
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Editorial Review:
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. (Photo of Gus Rancatore by Mikki Ansin)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Too Bad He was doing this and NOT paying taxes!
Well all of Gus' glory has been seized by the gov't for failure to pay back taxes of $167,000 - some 140,000+ of that was in F&B tax which means his good customers paid the taxes and he pocketed it. THEN he has the gall to set up a website asking his customers to pay again, this time in the form of 25,000 so he can reopen.
Rating:  - Delicious!
Enjoyable and easy to read - as if I'm sitting with him chatting and listening to him tell his story. Engaging and candid. Great insights - not just into the ice cream making business, but also lessons he learned about human interactions, culture, and life. He also shares a few recipes for ice cream.
Rating: - I loved it!
Excellent and entertaining writing, fascinating story. Epstein's descriptive talents are evident. She exquisitely captures every aspect of Toscanini's, from the delicious ice cream and coffee to the complex and interesting employees and customers. When does the book come out?
Rating: - At Toscanini's Ice Cream Store
While reading this story, I really had the impression I was sitting at Toscanini's Ice Cream Store. It seemed to me that I could actually see Gus Rancatore talking with his customers.
Gus is not only an great ice-cream man, he is also a man who is able to create a peaceful, happy and intriguing atmosphere. This story gives an excellent idea of what great experience you can have when you get an ice-cream or an espresso at Toscanini's and Gus is around and not too busy.
Rating: - Icy Crossroads For Skating Around Multi-cultural Cream.
This Short covers 35 engrossing pages. The below quotes don't even hint at the littering of satisfying history and taste. Toward the end (which you don't want it to), Gus blurted to an employee: >> "You know I had hoped never to say this, but I have been doing this longer than you've been alive, so why don't we pretend - just for a minute - that I might be right." << Don't underestimate the potent intelligence of The Ice Cream Man.
Mood shifts in this Short were fascinating, accompanying ... Read More
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