Graeter's Ice Cream:: An Irresistible History

by Robin Davis

Historians may not agree on when or where ice cream was first developed, but there is little debate that one of the best versions of this sweet treat today is made by Graeter's Ice Cream in Cincinnati. Louis Charles Graeter started his ice cream business in 1870, hand churning the concoction in a cylinder pot set in a larger bucket of ice and salt, a contraption known as the French pot. The ice cream business in America has evolved to favor mass production, but little has changed in the way Graeter's makes ice cream today, much to the delight of the company's many thousands of devotees. Graeter's is churned from the same mix of cream, sugar and eggs, still made in two-gallon batches and still owned by the same family, now in its fourth generation. Journey with Robin Davis Heigel, food editor with the Columbus Dispatch, as she recounts the history of the company that has enchanted millions of taste buds across the country.

Genres: Business

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Robin seeks inspiration in crowded places like commuter trains, shopping centers, bars and sporting events, but also takes a notebook into places far from the beaten path, like deserts and swamps, not minding the company of snakes and spiders, and generally prefering them to weasels in suits and snobs in fashionable dresses.

Robin thinks fiction is a great route to understanding what is true and important. But, why not make it fun by creating stories of people who break the rules and seldom ask for
permission? Robin hopes to entertain readers with intriguing plots along with insightful explorations of the thoughts and feelings of intelligent,interesting characters.

Robin has short stories and a novel published in the erotic romance subgenre, and is currently working on a collection of short stories and a new, non-erotic contemporary novel .

Reviews

[Megan Rich · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it for my son's school project and I now know more about Graeter's ice cream than I ever wanted to know!

[NonFiction 24/7 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brief history of the ice cream company with some of the authors commentary thrown in.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you like ice cream, you owe it to yourself to get some Grater's.

I'm not a big ice cream fan, but this stuff is amazing and well worth ordering a few pints online (where possible), as it leaves even the best I've had before far, far in the dust.

I got this book as a little surprise for my wife; it's a short history of a family-built and operated ice cream business in Ohio. It's more of a run-down of the business and its details, rather than a bio of the family (though there's some of that too).