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BIG SCOOP, LITTLE SCOOP BOSTON IS SCREAMING FOR 16-YEAR-OLD GRACE CONNOR'S LITTLE G ICE CREAM. BY MIRANDA MCCREA There is little that 16-year-old Grace Connor loves more than ice cream. Now the Milton Acad- emy junior has launched Little G Ice Cream Co.—and the city's gourmet markets are scrambling to stock up on her homemade varieties. What a scoop! How did you get into cooking? It's always been my passion. I was fi rst a baker. I applied to make cookies in a professional kitchen, but then they found out I was 8. How did you learn to bake? I read hundreds of recipes a day, plus food blogs. I tested my cakes and cookies thousands of times until I got them right. I am not kidding. But then you got an ice cream maker… Yes, and I started Little G. I do all my homework at school so I can make ice cream the rest of the time. How do you pick new fl avors? I don't want them to be too wacko. I want them to be recognizable— like birthday cake and s'mores. Although I'm experimenting with bacon and buttermilk pancakes. How do you know when a fl avor is ready? I taste-test so many times. I am really nitpicky. I reject a fl avor if the marshmallow is too soft or the chocolate is too sweet. I guess it's ready when I am all out of cri- tiques. littlegicecreamco.com . In the mix: Grace Connor, shown here at gourmet market Bee's Knees Supply Co., in Allston, is the 16-year-old behind Little G, the ice cream (INSET, BOTTOM LEFT) that's satisfying Boston's sweet-tooth—one spoon at a time. SCENE HOMEMADE BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 49 PHOTOGRAPHY BY ABIGAIL GORDEN. MAKEUP BY TAVI FOR NEIMAN MARCUS BOSTON. HAIR BY TYLER TRIFILO OF MARIO RUSSO SEAPORT