Ice Cream: a Global History

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Ice Cream Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction: Everyone Loves Ice Cream; 1. The Early Ice Cream Age; 2. Confectioners and Colonists; 3. Ice Cream for the Masses; 4. Ice Cream's Golden Age; 5. Cones and Novel Ice Cream Treats; 6. Ice Cream Goes Mass Market; 7. The New Ice Cream Age; Recipes; References; Select Bibliography; Websites and Associations; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.;Be it soft-serve, gelato, frozen custard, Indian kulfi or Israeli glida, some form of cold, sweet ice cream treat can found throughout the world in restaurants and home freezers. Though ice cream was once considered a food for the elite, it has evolved into one of the most successful mass-market products ever developed. In Ice Cream, food writer Laura B. Weiss takes the reader on a vibrant trip through the history of ice cream from ancient China to modern-day Tokyo in order to tell the lively story of how this delicious indulgence became a global sensation. Weiss tells of donkeys wooed with ic.