Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla: A History of American Ice Cream - Hardcover

Funderburg, Anne Cooper

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9780879726911: Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla: A History of American Ice Cream

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ISBN 10: 0879726911 ISBN 13: 9780879726911

Publisher: Popular Press, 1996

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Traces the history of many brands of ice cream, including Dairy Queen, Good Humor, Eskimo Pie, Ben and Jerry's, Baskin-Robbins and Haagen-Dazs

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Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla traces the evolution of ice cream from a rarity to an everyday indulgence. It covers the genesis of ice cream in America, the invention of the hand-cranked ice cream freezer, the natural ice industry, the beginnings of wholesale ice cream manufacturing, and the origins of the ice cream soda, sundae, cone, sandwich, and bar. It also recounts the histories of many brands, including Dairy Queen, Good Humor, Eskimo Pie, Ben and Jerry's, Baskin-Robbins, and Haagen-Dazs. In short, this history of ice cream describes how a borrowed European elite consumable evolved through entrepreneurialism and demand in America into a democratized treat for all classes. It simultaneously reflects and reveals changes in social customs, diet and nutrition, class distinctions, leisure activities, and everyday life.

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This history of American ice cream traces its evolution in this country, from technological advancements which elevated it from an unusual rarity to a household staple to the roots of wholesale ice cream manufacturing. Inventions of brand names and specialties are also covered in this excellent history: no recipes here, but solid social and culinary history researches an appealing topic cooks will find engrossing. -- Midwest Book Review

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