What’s your favorite flavor gelato? Mine is olive oil. Creamy, olive oil heaven from Mozza in West Hollywood (photo of the scene below; sorry I ate the gelato so fast it couldn't be captured).

Just to really pack on the calories I also ordered pine nut gelato on a recent visit, but eh, the olive oil hogged all my attention. Also, the Beacon sundae at Beacon in Culver City had green tea and sour cream ice creams. Whoever thought of making sour cream ice cream, I want to marry. (Tangent alert: I also want to marry whoever makes the cheesecake in a jar at Napa’s Ubuntu and the homemade cavatelli at SF’s Blue Plate). I got recs to go to Scoops (712 N. Heliotrope Dr)—with avocado, lavender, coffee and cigarettes (seriously?) as well as foie gras and onion flavors—but didn’t make it this time around. In our July issue, one of our contributors spills a secret about a place in Phoenix that has special flavors such as beer; and Italian white truffle. Stay tuned.

So what’s your favorite flavor? You’d be lame to say vanilla, chocolate or strawberry, by the way.

-Christine Richard