Do you whistle while you work? Hum to the tune of your favorite foods? Like to get a little jiggy in the kitchen? Food, drinks, and music are the perfect mood-enhancing combination. Twice a month, this blog will explore the intersection between feelings, memories, sounds, and flavors by providing fun recipes accompanied by drink and music pairings. Culinary explorer and resident singer-in-the-kitchen Nicole Capó will also highlight awesome women doing interesting things in music, food, and beverage and discuss how these things bring out the best in each other.

I would argue that ice cream sandwiches are the perfect summer desserts—cool, sweet treats that can take you back to a time of sticky fingers and skinned knees with just one bite. Nowadays, they’ve become something of a foodie experimentation lab (if you’re keen on trying salted caramel on brioche or ricotta gelato on pumpkin whoopie pies, you may need to start planning a trip out to NYC). But, even just the classic chocolate-wafer-and-vanilla-ice-cream combo can be entirely satisfying to an ice cream sandwich connoisseur such as myself.