My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Read an Excerpt: Ice Cream: A Global History, Published Today

My new book, Ice Cream: A Global History, (Reaktion Books), is being published today, April 1. It’s a fun trip around the word of ice cream. Readers journey from ancient China where ice cream was concocted with dragon eyeballs and camphor to modern-day Turkey where ice cream vendors still make a frozen dessert that’s so thick [...]

Ice Cream Event at New York’s Astor Center Slated for Sept. 1

I scream, you scream.  Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, who doesn’t love ice cream? In fact, I love it so much, I have a book coming out next year on the history of ice cream around the world.
Meanwhile, if you want to get your licks in on this delicious subject, come hear Jeri Quinzio talk about [...]

Food Book: America’s Kitchens

It’s fitting that in the days before Thanksgiving, I found myself delving into a book about the history of American kitchens.
Even if I hadn’t read a word of America’s Kitchens, the lavish photos and illustrations would have been reason enough to spend time with this terrific volume about the room that is so central to [...]