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A Month of Sundaes | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Turback
Publisher: Red Rock Press
List Price: $19.95
Buy Used: $1.94
You Save: $18.01 (90%)
Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0966957385
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780966957389
ASIN: 0966957385
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Review
According to author and restaurateur Michael Turback, the ice cream sundae is as much of an American tradition as baseball and apple pie. A Month of Sundaes is a historical book about ice cream, with sundae lore and recipes generously spread throughout. The history lesson starts in the 1700s, when ice cream was served only in the finest homes. Interestingly, it was then-ambassador-to-France Thomas Jefferson's obsession with ice cream that brought new versions of the dessert across the Atlantic. Fortunately, the colonists took to the new treat as well and Turback follows ice cream's trail across the continent and over the next 250 years, ending with current tales of other titans of the ice cream world, including Dreyer's and Ben & Jerry's. The recipes are scattered throughout, including some from-scratch ice cream--even explaining the true technical difference between vanilla and French vanilla. There are also many different sauces, with stories of those who created the various concoctions. More of a novelty than a necessity, A Month of Sundaes is most appropriately suited for the ice cream obsessed. --Teresa Simanton
Product Description
The original Ice Cream Sundae bible with great soda fountains of the past and present, historical nuggets, sprinkles of insight and over 150 recipes.
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An outstanding culinary history September 8, 2002
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Over a hundred recipes for both traditional and innovative Sunday delights blends American dessert lore and history with dishes which can be easily reproduced in modern kitchens. From vintage ads to the history of sundae makers who served the rich in more ways than one, A Month Of Sundaes is an outstanding culinary history and highly recommended cookbook that will delight a wide audience.
Making a great sundae is almost as much fun as eating one! August 10, 2002
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Enhanced with 150 ice cream sundae related recipes ranging from Royal George Sundae to Chocolate Jalapeno Sundae, A Month Of Sundaes also offers the answer to one of oldest questions to ever arise from the soda fountain generation -- who invented the ice cream sundae? Author Michael Turback has laced this wonderful combination of history and recipes with the folklore, mythology, and nostalgia associated with this memorable leisure time concoction. Making a great sundae is almost as much fun as eating one! If you've ever enjoyed this great American ice cream dessert, then you'll want to read Michael Turback's A Month Of Sundaes!
Love it!! August 2, 2002
Lizzie Vincent (New York, New York)
I Love this book!! It takes America's favorite dessert and whirls you through American history. Did you know that some of our national heroes were Soda Jerks? From presidents to revolutionaries, starlets to classic comediennes, people of great renown have made stop at the local soda foundation.
It even helped me discover history about my own neighborhood ice cream parlor. Michael Turback wonderfully writes about of all things Sundae. Plus he throws in 150 recipes to delight your taste buds and fire your imagination. It has great pictures and it is a wonderful read. It should be on everyone's summer reading list. Adults to kids will find a warm place for this chilly delight.
Love it!! August 2, 2002
Lizzie Vincent (New York, New York)
I Love this book!! It takes America's favorite dessert and whirls you through American history. Did you know that some of our national heroes were Soda Jerks? From presidents to revolutionaries, starlets to classic comediennes, people of great renown have made stop at the local soda foundation.
It even helped me discover history about my own neighborhood ice cream parlor. Michael Turback wonderfully writes about of all things Sundae. Plus he throws in 150 recipes to delight your taste buds and fire your imagination. It has great pictures and it is a wonderful read. It should be on everyone's summer reading list. Adults to kids will find a warm place for this chilly delight.
More Than A Cookbook May 16, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sundaes are really easy to make --- and they always make your friends happy. But I never knew there were so many variations before. With the help of this book, I'm going to give a knockout of a Sundae party on Memorial Day Weekend for all the friends, and relatives with little kids we've invited.A Month of Sundaes also tells you how to make the ice creams and syrups but I'll just buy most of the ingredients---including frozen yogurt for everybody who is worried about their waistline. There's a lot more to this book than just recipes---my son, who is 11, says he is going to use it for his term paper on "Something Unusual About American History." It is full of interesting little stories about ice cream and Thomas Jefferson, Sundaes and famous movies stars, etc. I'm thinking of getting another copy for my son to give to his grandfather, who is a World War II buff, on Father's Day, because it has a whole chapter about the ingenuity of soldiers and sailors in coming up with warfront ice cream treats. This book is hardcover and has great pictures. It's a lot of fun and could solve many gift giving problems.
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