Essential Reading & Riffing

Peppered throughout the book is a whole bunch of stuff besides ice cream recipes to help you make and eat and riff on the ice creams. For easy reference, here’s a catalog of what’s to come.

Ingredients 101

How to Pit a Cherry Without a Unitasking Contraption

Genius Tip: Peel a Mango Easy-Peasy

An Olive Branch to Corn Syrup

What’s Skim Milk Powder Doing in My Ice Cream?

Making & Storing

Know Your Dash from Your Splash

How to Make Ice Cream Without a Maker

Shelf Life

Genius Tip: Frozen Yogurt, Straight up

Do the Dairy Flip-Flop

Don’t Be Bummed If Your Base Breaks

Genius Tip: Slice Frozen Desserts with Ease

How Cold? Ice-Cold

The Best Way to Store Ice Cream

Genius Tip: When the Melt Is Unmanageable

Genius Tip: Any-Berry, No-Cook Sorbet

Add-ins or -ons

Homemade Sprinkles

Better Chocolate Chunks

Magic Shell

Balsamic Butterscotch Sauce

Make Your Honey Hot

Cayenne-Spiced Peanut Brittle

Salted Maple Honeycomb Candy

Genius Tip: With Olive Oil on Top

Miso Caramel

Mochi

Good, Old-Fashioned Hot Fudge (& Shake!)

Genius Tip: Ice Cream Croutons

Make Candy out of Citrus Peels

Scorched, Sweet Citrus

Slurping Options

How to Make a Milkshake Every Which Way

Blueberry Graham Cracker Milkshake

Sgroppino

Teatime Affogatos

Genius Tip: Make It a Mocha, and Therefore Breakfast

More Playtime

Mary’s Healthy Ice Cream Sandwiches

Sugar Cones & Other Shapes

Genius Tip: Brain Unfreezing

Build a Better Sandwich

The Anatomy of a Sundae