Harvest of the cold months : the social history of ice and ices / Elizabeth David ; edited by Jill Norman
1996, 1st edition in this form. London New York, N.Y. : M. Joseph ; Viking Penguin. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally; pages slightly tanned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #415623
ISBN: 0140176411
Physical description; 413 pp., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Contents; Florence -- Ice-houses & sherbets : tales from Turkey & the Medici legend -- Perpetual snow -- Icemen of the seventeenth century -- Ices for the Sun King -- The limonadiers of Paris & the Café Procope -- Neiges, sorbets, glaces, fromages -- Ices under the volcano -- A Persian tale -- Cathay to Caledonia -- To India's coral strand -- Ices in a cold climate -- The London confectioners -- To cool the air : ice pillars & lily ponds. Subjects; Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Bombay Economic Intelligence Service. Ice cream, ices, etc. History. Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery. Ice cream industry History Social aspects.
Price: €10.95