It must be tough at the top of the cold sweets game — to keep your perch you'd have to get creative. A little weird, if you will. Dessert juggernauts Nick Palumbo and Donato Toce of Gelato Messina aren't afraid to get weird. For more than a decade now they've been scorning the oh-so-vanilla scoop and cone approach of yesteryear, instead opting for something that will melt your eyes before it melts in your mouth.
In their efforts to dethrone Willy Wonka they've created countless frozen delights and now they've published the secrets behind each in Gelato Messina's second cookbook, The Creative Department. Inside are the blueprints for Dr Evil's Magic Mushroom, the Royale With Cheese, and the Honey I Burnt The Kids, as well as the method (and madness) to mastering the perfect gelato cakes and monoporzione.
These two culinary architects lay it all on the page so you can make your own visual feasts. And get a little weird.
The Creative Department will be available from November.
