Research Catalog

Title

Of sugar and snow : a history of ice cream making / Jeri Quinzio.

Author

Quinzio, Jeri.

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

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Details

Description

xvi, 279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 21 cm.

Summary

"Was ice cream invented in Philadelphia? How about by the Emperor Nero, when he poured honey over snow? Did Marco Polo first taste it in China and bring recipes back? In this first book to tell ice cream's full story, Jeri Quinzio traces the beloved confection from its earliest appearances in sixteenth-century Europe to the small towns of America and debunks some colorful myths along the way. She explains how ice cream is made, describes its social role, and connects historical events to its business and consumption. A diverting yet serious work of history, Of Sugar and Snow provides a fascinating array of recipes, from a seventeenth-century Italian lemon sorbet to a twentieth-century American strawberry mallobet, and traces how this once elite status symbol became today's universally available and wildly popular treat"--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

California studies in food and culture ; 25

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books
• California studies in food and culture 25.

Alternative Title

History of ice cream making

Subject

• Geschichte 1500-2000
• Ice cream, ices, etc. > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Early ices and iced creams -- Crème de la cream -- Ingenious foreigners and others -- The land of ice cream -- Screaming for ice cream -- Women's work -- Modern times -- Ice cream for breakfast -- Industry and artistry.

ISBN

• 9780520248618 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0520248619 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008026041

OCLC

• 232002158
• SCSB-12590775

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library