another specific food item shout out: ciao bella blood orange sorbet

i'm sick right now as everyone who knows me already knows. when i get sick, i feel very sorry for myself and inform everyone i know in an effort to get as much sympathy as possible. i was on the phone whining to my mom today and she said, "you are really bad at being sick." meaning i am annoying as hell. sorry world.

anyway, right now i have some weird combination of strep throat and a sinus infection. to ease my throat pain, i wanted something cold and delicious. i like ice cream ok, but i tend to get sick of the richness of it after a couple bites, so i hardly ever buy it.

i was browsing the ice cream section at fresh market (i give myself free license to eat whatever i want from whatever expensive grocery store i want when i am sick). there i came across ciao bella. i had tried ciao bella's gelato before and not been that impressed. however, my gelato standards are pretty much impossible to satisfy. the only good gelato i have ever had in the US was this random place in miami beach. anyway, the point is that just because i didn't like their gelato didn't mean i would not like their other frozen products.

for relaxing times, make it ciao bella time

then the sorbets caught my eye. the containers were bright pretty colors and they were expensive enough that i thought they were probably good. none of the flavors were really jumping out at me... until blood orange. i am obsessed with blood oranges lately so this was it.

i brought it home and dined on my expensive store bought sushi, garlic marinated olives, and honey rotisserie chicken (i told you, when i am sick i get to eat whatever i want). then it was time for sorbet. ok. this sorbet is amazing. it tastes even better than a blood orange. is that even possible? sweet, tangy, sharp, delicious. readers, if you like tasty, run out and buy ciao bella blood orange sorbet immediately.