Smooth, sweet, cold and just the ticket for contracting a case of brain freeze on a sweltering summer day. There’s a reason milkshakes are a staple of American childhood.

Smooth, sweet, cold and just the ticket for contracting a case of brain freeze on a sweltering summer day. There’s a reason milkshakes are a staple of American childhood.

Great movies and great food are box office gold, from Forrest Gump’s chocolates to “Silence of the Lambs” anti-hero Hannibal Lecter’s disturbing pairing suggestion for Chianti.

Great movies and great food are box office gold, from Forrest Gump’s chocolates to “Silence of the Lambs” anti-hero Hannibal Lecter’s disturbing pairing suggestion for Chianti.

I am grateful that no matter what the temperature is outside, chocolate is always in season. Science has obliged us - or enabled - depending on how you look at it, by reporting that it's also good for us. Of course it also depends what you pair the chocolate with. Red wine? Strawberries? Nuts?

For fall and the holidays, as well as in celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Tomaso’s has come out with a fixed-price, three-course menu of heartier dishes for $35.