An affogato is one of the world’s most simple and superb desserts. In bone-chilling cold or in blistering heat, Rome, New York, Singapore or London, or wherever, when it is time to order dessert, if you love ice cream, the jolt and pick-me-up after a meal of espresso coffee and affogato, both the best rich quality they can be, always hits the spot even though it’s merely vanilla ice cream “drowned” in hot espresso.