5 Dishes To Keep You Cool

Chinese rolled eggplant salad, Dominican pulpo, Mexican gazpacho, and more

In Michoacan, gazpacho is not a cold tomato soup.

There’s no better antidote to sweltering weather than eating cold food. Maybe the actual physical effect is temporary, but the psychological result of, say, cold noodles sliding down your throat, or a cold seafood salad with its tangy vinaigrette, or the smoothness of cold tofu on the tongue, are long lasting. Here are five cold dishes I have enjoyed lately that helped me re-emerge into the furnace of the ambient air with renewed vigor and hopefulness.