Gelato, ice creams and sorbets

A celebration of the world's greatest chilled dessert, this book focuses on the specifically Italian origins of ices. Many would later claim ices as their own, but gelati, sorbetti, granite and many more sweet treats from the icebox all had their beginnings in Italy. Cornettos overloaded with softly melting scoops of flavoursome heaven did not occur by chance – much went before – tales that need to be told! The Romans brought down blocks of frozen snow from the slopes of mount Etna to store in g