"Wait," you're saying. "Isn't that parsley?"
Yes. Yes it is. You see, the dog days of summer have settled in and made themselves at home, we're out of mint, and it's too damn hot to go outside and get more.
Summer presents several challenges for ambitious cooks, especially those like myself who don't have the luxury of central air. It's too warm to turn on the oven. Even boiling and pan-frying become skills performed only on a critical-need basis when it's 95 with soaking thick humidity. So then -- what to make? Looking at the kitchen equipment shelf, it occurred to me that the ice cream maker wouldn't give off any heat...
It came to me quickly -- a word that, even when mentioned, seems to lower the room temperature by at least a few degrees:
Gelato.
