I don’t have any features in NOW this week — don’t worry, there’s plenty of stuff coming, and soon — but I am back in the pages of the Toronto Star, so that’s a small delight.

Kate and I spent a day as minions at Sweet Olenka’s ice-cream factory a couple of weeks ago, supporting our friend Corey Mintz for what turned into this week’s Kitchen Temp column.

It was an eminently pleasant way to spend a hot summer Saturday, even if we did wind up covered in chocolate. Although I guess “even if” is superfluous there.