内容摘要：The show’s two-month run brought the Roundabout a 50% increase in first-time audience members — “a powerful statement,” Kim said.

The show’s two-month run brought the Roundabout a 50% increase in first-time audience members — “a powerful statement,” Kim said.

He learned that different regions of the country have their blind spots; when Salt & Straw opened in Los Angeles, few knew what rhubarb was. At the same time, he didn’t know there were different types of avocados.Another tip borrowed from soup: As with soup bases, Malek says, home cooks should make big batches of different ice cream bases, separate them into containers and freeze them.

“Then when you’re ready to make ice cream, defrost it in your microwave real quick and blend in your strawberries that you got fresh from the farmer’s market and make strawberry ice cream,” he says. “That’s the trick: to make ice cream within a day or literally within hours of finding a really special ingredient.”Salted Malted Chocolate chip dough ice cream featured in “Salt & Straw: America’s Most Iconic Ice Creams.” (Clarkson Potter via AP)Salted Malted Chocolate chip dough ice cream featured in “Salt & Straw: America’s Most Iconic Ice Creams.” (Clarkson Potter via AP)

Here’s a recipe from the new cookbook “America’s Most Iconic Ice Creams: A Salt & Straw Cookbook” by Tyler Malek and JJ Goode:Makes about 2½ pints

3 cups 17% Butterfat Base (see separate recipe below)

1½ teaspoons molasses (not blackstrap)Mother’s Day is coming, and the flower and candy ads are everywhere. There’s nothing wrong with either, of course, but both are fleeting.

Instead of gifting your momthis year, why not give her a plant that will provide blossoms -- and joy -- for years to come?

And if you really want to be her favorite, offer to, too (a box of that fleeting candy wouldn’t hurt, either.)