THE HISTORIAN'S COOKBOOK: ICE CREAM.

The article discusses the history of ice cream, which finds its origins with the ancient Greeks and Persians who flavored snow with fruit and honey, known as "ices." Making ice cream relied on the addition of salt to ice or snow to lower the temperature of milk or cream to change it into a solid form. The first ice cream seems to date from the early modern period, with varying legends attributing it to Catherine de’ Medici, Charles I of England, or even Marco Polo. The first ice cream recipe book was the 1768 was published in France by M. Emry and early recipes alternately referred to iced cream, milk, or custard.