Cold war
Reduced-fat ice creams go scoop to scoop in a taste test to find the coolest summer treat
By Caroline Dipping
STAFF WRITER
Tough gig. Taste some of the “lite” ice creams that line the frozen-food aisles – no easy feat with the dozens of choices – and rate their worthiness as a lower-fat summertime treat. Considering that regular ice cream gets its creamy mouth feel from fat, could a lighter version even begin to compare?
A PRIMER ON WHAT TO POUR
Grape expectations
Featured grape: Petite sirah (peh-teet see-rah); red. What it is: One of the most misunderstood grapes in the bunch, petite sirah is neither petite in style nor completely syrah. A University of California Davis DNA paternity test in 1998 finally straightened out petite's long-baffling heritage.