Ice cream planets and a sorbet sun accompany a recent essay by food writer Alan Richman in GQ Magazine. In what is surely one of the most educated and heartfelt essays on the subject of ice cream — Richman let’s us in on the best ice cream in the United States, knocks Ben & Jerry’s, and tells us why ice cream helps tell the difference between boys and girls. And did we mention that they made ice cream look like planets?

Photo by Levi Brown, styled by Victoria Granof. Check out the full article here.