The Hassan ice cream shop in Baghdad sells only 110 pounds of ice cream
a day during the slow winter months. With the summer heat the daily
number climbs to 1,700 pounds. (By comparison, a Boston-area Tom &
Jerry’s might sell about 175 pounds per day.) For those of us who live
for ice cream and other frozen necessities, there’s no such thing as
too much ice cream. We’ll take it any way and any time we can.
Truthfully, though, we prefer our icy treats in cool (pun intended)
surroundings such as the Pinkberry stores popping up in California and
New York. When you get past the frozen-yogurt headache (devouring your
treat, are you?), you can become a Pinkberry groupie online and start
singing their sweet and bouncy theme song. So, where’s your favorite
super-cool ice-cream shop? Let us know. By Tuija Seipell