Chai-Spiced Amaranth Pudding

Cooked amaranth has a gelatinous quality that lends itself to pudding. If you have a chai spice blend on hand, substitute 1 teaspoon for the cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

Salted Pistachio Brittle

Pistachios and coarse sea salt come together in this salty-sweet brittle that’s delicious on its own or crumbled over ice cream or our Chai-Spiced Amaranth Pudding.

Cherry-Basil Buttermilk Sherbet

This sherbet is like summer in a bowl: light, refreshing, sweet and perfumed with the quintessential summer herb, which has a surprising affinity for cherries.

Lemon Verbena Honey Granita

Lemon verbena has a heady, perfumey fragrance that gives a surprising, sensuous flavor to this refreshing granita.