These frozen treats really melt in your mouth

By Jennifer Justus | GANNETT NEWS SERVICE When it comes to frozen desserts, gelato is the sleek Italian import, ice cream the all-American classic. But when arguing the merits of each of these creamy cool tastes on a hot summer day, can we really go wrong with either? Here, we offer accounts from two Nashville experts about how the frozen desserts stack up. Gelato - a love story When Noel Glasgow tasted gelato for the first time while visiting Florence, Italy, as a young adult, he didn’t expect much. Ice cream, basically. But the first cone of frozen cantaloupe dessert tasted so good, he went back for more - 10 scoops more. “That’s about 25 bucks in a hour,” he said. “At 9 a.m.” Glasgow was so enamored by gelato that he called his mother and stepfather, Christie Hauck of The Christie Cookie Company in Nashville, Tenn., to... [read full story]