We’re at the apex of summer and it can be hard to come up with comfort food that’s soothing like a warm hug but doesn’t dissolve you into a puddle, like the Wicked Witch of the West. I think we’ve got you. Chef Accursio Lota, owner of North Park’s Cori Pastificio Trattoria, has made a career of creating dishes that bring out the love in the food of his native Sicily, using seasonal ingredients. So, the heat of August doesn’t faze him—and it shouldn’t faze you. Not when you can make his tomato risotto, tuna crudo, and sumptuous lemon mousse. I learned how so you can make them in your kitchen. It’s all in my latest story for the San Diego Union-Tribune.