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A month of sundaes
Turback, Michael.
Adult Nonfiction TX795 .T87 2002
Turback, Michael.
Adult Nonfiction TX795 .T87 2002
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| Contents | Page |
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| Chapter 1 - Pursuit of Happiness | p. 15 |
| Discovering ice cream | |
| Ice cream comes to America | |
| Ice cream and the founding fathers | |
| Classic French vanilla ice cream | |
| Maple syrup meets ice cream | |
| Chapter 2 - Strawberry Surprises | p. 22 |
| Innovation in an African-American tearoom | |
| Dolley Madison scoops into the adventure | |
| Hand-cranked ice cream machines; strawberry treats | |
| Real Philadelphia ice cream | |
| The Ice Cream Quick-Step | |
| Chapter 3 - Birth of the Sundae | p. 30 |
| An Ithaca drugstore proprietor pours on the syrup, puts a cherry on tap and calls the new ice cream dish a Sunday | |
| Cornell students spread the word across America | |
| Chocolate ice cream, candied cherries, cherry syrup, Cherry Sundaes | |
| Chapter 4 - The Great Pretenders | p. 38 |
| H.L. Mencken flames the debate on where the Sundae began | |
| Herein our author puts his hand to the fire to torch the claims of the noble but deluded municipalities of Two Rivers, Wis., Buffalo, N.Y., and Evanston, Ill., among others | |
| Who put the "ae" in Sundae | |
| Various Syrups | |
| Chapter 5 - Split Personalities | p. 45 |
| Atlantic City inspires the Banana Split, which first showed its awesome dimensions in Pennsylvania | |
| Walgreen's makes the Split its theme song; Americans From Lucille Ball to Louis Prima Join in | |
| Novel Banana Splits in New Orleans and New York today | |
| Chapter 6 - Roaring Sundaes | p. 55 |
| After Prohibition boots out booze, the ice cream cocktail flourishes--the Sundae's splash and verve swing with the times | |
| Try a Pink Lady, Manhattan as Lucky Lindy | |
| It's the Bee's Knees! | |
| Chapter 7 - Sundae Rules | p. 61 |
| Generations of Americans Have loved Ho So Go Sundaes | |
| Revealed here: the "secret" ingredient of Howard "Buster" Johnson's 28 flavors, the commandments of his Sundae Bible and what goes into a Scotch Fudge Sundae and other oldies | |
| Chapter 8 - Fountain Speak | p. 65 |
| "Drop a bucket of mud" | |
| We Listen to Sundae dialect as spoken in Lawrence, Kansas | |
| And we receive enlightenment on maraschinos and jimmies | |
| How the "soda jerk" got his name | |
| Chapter 9 - Keeping Spirits Up | p. 71 |
| The Depression was the worst of times for most, the Best of times for a few, and Sundae time for many | |
| Clerks splurged on the dime Sundae at Woolworth lunch counters while Walt Disney and Ginger Rogers built home soda fountains | |
| Dianne Surprise, Free Lunch Sundae, Budget Sundae | |
| Chapter 10 - Sundae Makers to the Stars | p. 76 |
| Even if Lana Turner wasn't discovered at Schwab's, movie folks crossed spoons there | |
| It was a wannabe magnet and a date place for Judy Garland and Elvis Presley (not together) | |
| But for megawatt power and hot fuge, C.C. Brown couldn't be outshone | |
| Recipes from both live on | |
| Chapter 11 - Soda Jerk Hall of Fame | p. 85 |
| Someone now scooping has great talent the world will honor one day | |
| Erstwhile jerks include two Presidents, Harry Truman and (surprise!) Jacques Chirac, Duke Ellington, a Banana Boat of actors, Halston and Malcolm X | |
| Peek at some of their Sundae wiles and personal favorites | |
| Chapter 12 - Making the World Safe for Sundaes | p. 94 |
| Some scooped to conquer, K-rations included powdered cream; airmen figured out how to turn it to real ice cream during sorties; floating ice cream parlors plied dangerous waters | |
| In the Pacific, Butch Baskin added tropical fruit | |
| Victory Sundaes | |
| Chapter 13 - Happiness is Coffee Ice Cream | p. 101 |
| The Golden Gate Bridge pointed the way home to Sundaes as they should be | |
| Earle Swensen opened a modest joint, serving the best ice cream some have tasted in years | |
| Blum's was more stylish | |
| San Franciscans adored such concoctions as Coffiesta and Irish Coffee Macarooney | |
| Chapter 14 - Sundaes Go Soft | p. 107 |
| As more Americans Buy cars, their Sundaes meet them on the road | |
| Carvel and Dairy Queen reinterpret Sundaes in the swirls and peaks of soft ice cream | |
| The Jack and Jill was invented for families on a Sunday dive | |
| Chapter 15 - Where Sundae Time Stands Still | p. 111 |
| In some special places, it's always 1955 | |
| You can be happily nutty at Tom's Ice Cream Bowl in Zanesville, Ohio, as at the much older Wittich's in Circleville | |
| In Austin, Nau's still makes Pineapple Sundaes; at Junior's in Brooklyn, the Mountain High Sundae is something to eat! | |
| Chapter 16 - Sundaes in New York | p. 119 |
| Once New York, New York, was home to several Sundae palaces, Rumpelmayer's and Schrafft's notable among them | |
| Now only campy Serendipity 3, haunt of Andy Warhol, survives | |
| It has a South Dakota Rival, but Wall Drug doesn't serve Rocky Horror/Sweet Transvestite Sundaes | |
| Chapter 17 - Transatlantic Connections | p. 129 |
| How do you translate Sundae? | |
| The intrepid author considers the parfait, which Isn't French, and the Knickerbocker Glary, which isn't wholly British, despite its cameo in the first Harry Patter book | |
| Never mind: Shuffle off to Buffalo, N.Y., where Parkside Candy will make it all better | |
| Chapter 18 - From Russia With Guile | p. 135 |
| He was a phony prince who entertained with fake Champagne and stale his signature recipe | |
| Yet Mike Romanoff was a lot of fun, and Strawberries Romanoff is a royal Sundae | |
| Chapter 19 - Mother of all Sundaes | p. 138 |
| Gala Putnam Emerson serves up the 17-scoop "Battle of Bunker Hill" at the Danvers, Mass., home of his ancestor, Revolutionary hero Israel Putnam | |
| Don't Choose until you see the whites of the marshmallows is the Putnam Pantry Sundae Bar theme | |
| Speaking of big, what about John's "Kitchen Sink"? | |
| Chapter 20 - Lovin' Spoonfulls | p. 146 |
| On the other hand, how do you eat your Hot Fudge Sundae and keep a trim figure, Too? | |
| Chicago's legendary Pump Room once had an answer, But today solutions are offered at the Shark and Rose in San Jose, and in Ed Debevic's new String of "old" diners | |
| Chapter 21 - Sundae Heaven | p. 151 |
| Special attention is due Chicago, where remarkable ice cream fountains survive | |
| At Margie's, you will find Sundaes in white plastic shells composed from the Recipes of the Sundae's patron saint | |
| Toronto's Caffe Demetre Sundaes are more Stylish versions of ice cream paradise | |
| Chapter 22 - Songbird Sundaes | p. 158 |
| Lillian Russell and Dame Nellie Melba sang for their Sundaes | |
| So the next time You eat a Peach Melba remember the diva who inspired Auguste Escoffier to reach A high note in ice-cream dish creation | |
| Plus some dish on waffle Sundaes | |
| Chapter 23 - Southern Sundae Hospitality | p. 164 |
| Watch ice cream being made in Searcy, Arkansas, where you'll hear home truths About more than ice cream manufacturing | |
| Then glimpse the Braum udder to utter Sundae experience | |
| And From Louisiana: a Praline Sundae and the Hot (Tabasco) Chocolate Sundae | |
| Chapter 24 - Meet Me in St. Louis | p. 170 |
| Crown Candy Kitchen shows us how it's done the oldfangled way | |
| There's a sawed-off Booth waiting there for you | |
| Plus a couple of old-style Iowa Sundaes | |
| Chapter 25 - The Electric Sundae | p. 175 |
| The Electric Sundae Contains currants and is loaded with juice | |
| A moniker may hint at its creator's vision--what was the girl who invented the Fried Egg Sundae thinking?--or suggest who--The Gold Brick--is likely to eat it | |
| Charting the ingredients of Sundaes with odd names | |
| Chapter 26 - How Sundaes Won the West | p. 189 |
| Explore the Rocky Road and other theme Sundaes from the Rockies, the Southwest and the Pacific Coast | |
| And if you think being paid to taste ice creams is a dream job, you're sight | |
| Meet someone who knows | |
| A roundup of wild-West Sundae recipes that'll taste good anywhere | |
| Chapter 27 - Never on Sundae | p. 199 |
| Our adventurous author ponders the wisdom of combining ice cream with pickles, raw liver as garlic, as serving ice cream atop a bagel, and decides sundae exuberance sometimes goes too far | |
| Recipes for those who want to go too far | |
| Chapter 28 - Sex and the Sundae | p. 205 |
| Sundaes are sensual, and nothing stirs romance like a hot Fudge Sundae | |
| Herein authorities from Stendahl to Jen on IV's "Dawson's Creek" have something provocative to say | |
| Recipes for lusty Sundaes are a matter of design as well as desire | |
| Chapter 29 - Brave New Sundaes | p. 211 |
| Aldous Huxley thought we'd down Raspberry Sundaes in pill form to lift our spirits | |
| Instead, we're eating inside-out versions (with the toppings in the ice cream) and fast-food flyers when we don't have time for the red thing | |
| Try a Sundae with the sauces outside the glass | |
| Chapter 30 - Back to the Future | p. 218 |
| All signs suggest that the Sundaes of tomorrow will return us to the best of yesteryear | |
| The wonderful news is you don't have to wait; the future is here |
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