Guess where I’m eating a trio of panna cotta?

​Simmer cream, milk and sugar together, add some gelatin (or, in very early times, fish bones to help the concoction set) and you have panna cotta, a popular Italian dessert believed to have been first created in the Piedmonte region of Italy.

It’s a confection seen on more and more Kansas City dessert trays lately. And for good reason: it’s very light, not terribly fattening and a simple way to end a heavy meal.