When it's hot, cardamom ice cream

Behold ice cream, at the Thursday farmers market downtown next to City Hall. Beyond the eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, rotisserie chicken, tamales and cobbler, there's an ice cream stall manned by Jessica Mortarotti, flavor developer and founder of Carmela Ice Cream. Four weeks ago, she plugged in her portable freezer and started selling little paper cups filled with her handmade ice cream and sorbet. I picked up a cup of the creamy, subtly spiced cardamom ice cream and the refreshing cucumber sorbet and tried not to melt.

Carmela Ice Cream, Thursday downtown farmers market, City Hall south lawn, 1st Street between Spring and Main streets, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

-- Betty Hallock

Photo by Betty Hallock

Comments

[Danielle Grimes]

She's now at the Larchmont farmer's market on Sundays as well. The ice cream is heavenly, and in a true sustainable, community-oriented way, she gets many of her herbs from Silver Lake Farms!