Think: passion fruit, rum raisin, mango, Guinness Stout, ginger and Grape-Nuts (see the sidebar). “The flavor is very intense,” says Headley about most Jamaican ice creams. “So if you’re ...

A passion fruit is as enclosed and mysterious as a hen’s egg, though a common commercial variety called Frederick’s looks like it was laid by a dragon: when it falls off the vine, its exterior ...