The Great American ICE CREAM Book
New York: Atheneum, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 206 pages. 22 x 17 cm. The author, Paul Dickson, has created a detailed and informative book on ice cream - its history, its ongoing renaissance, its subtleties, its essence. Included are the real story behind the Great Ice Cream Orgy of 1946; the secrets of the great soda jerks; the origins of the cone; the language of the soda fountain; the story of the birth of the Eskimo Pie; the art of proper dipping; and some of the greatest ice cream formulas from out of the past. Also included, a number of fabulous recipes. Illustrated throughout. Interior and boards clean, dust wrapper toned at edges. Covered in protective mylar. Gray boards, pink cloth covered spine. Fine, in very good dust wrapper. Item #4303
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