Chef Shots: Wylie Dufresne

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

It may look like a bagel, but this sprinkled mound is anything but dense and chewy. It's actually bagel-flavored ice cream, and it's just one of the ways Dufresne plays with the ingredients of the quintessential morning staple: a bagel with cream cheese, lox, sliced onions and a squeeze of lemon.

Like most of the dishes on the wd-50 menu, textures have been altered and basic components rearranged to render a dish that is playful and provocative. Yes, Virginia, it is a bagel, but not as we know it.