Chef Shots: Wylie Dufresne

wd-50’s mad scientist shows us the genesis of his ice cream bagel

It may look like clover, but what Dufresne is adding here is actually the lemony herb known as wood sorrel—a perfect stand-in for the classic bagel's lemon wedge. "I could use something like chives,” he says, “but wood sorrel happens to be in season right now. It has a nice sort of heat and bite to it, a little acidity. It plays off everything and ties it all together nicely.”