Coconut Lime Smoked Salt from Bali. Plate by Scott Bartolomei Edmonds. Photo by Marta Bartolomei Edmonds.
We were in Boston earlier this week and stumbled upon my personal version of food utopia: an ice cream parlor with an adjacent spice and rare food store. This is Christina's Homemade Ice Cream. With over thirty flavors like Fresh Rose, Bergamot, Mexican Chocolate, Pistachio and Honey Lavender, this place is reason enough to move to Cambridge, MA or at the very least plan regular trips up there.
Next door to the ice cream parlor, Christina's becomes a spice market - a veritable playground for food loving people. They have the best selection of dried peppers that I have ever seen, their salt collection is impressive, and if you are looking for rare ethnic herbs and spices, this would be the place to find them. I got some beautiful coconut lime smoked salt from Bali and a collection of peppers that I am looking forward to experimenting with.
Yes, I dream of returning to Boston to visit Christina's again.