Ice cream: the inside scoop

Recommendable! It' ice cream season again!

"Voltaire once famously said: 'Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.' ..."

Ice cream: the inside scoop | British Museum With the holidays fast approaching, food historian and writer Tasha Marks explores the fascinating history of a favourite summer-time treat.

Gaetano Dura (1805–1878), Sorbettaro ambulante (Mobile sorbet-maker). Hand-coloured lithograph, around 1850.