Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--A Cool History of a Hot Commodity Brady Amy
Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--A Cool History of a Hot Commodity Brady Amy The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation--from the foods Americans eat, to the sports…
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Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--A Cool History of a Hot Commodity Brady Amy
The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation--from the foods Americans eat, to the sports they play, to the way they live today--and what its future might look like on a swiftly warming planet.Ice is everywhere: in gas stations, in restaurants, in hospitals, in our homes. When children bruise their arms or fall sick with fevers, parents wrap ice in dishtowels and press them tenderly to their skin. Americans think nothing of dropping a few ice cubes into tall glasses of tea to ward off the heat of a hot summer day.
Ice-on-demand has so revolutionized modern life that it's easy to forget that it wasn't always this way...and to overlook what aspects of society might just melt away as the planet warms.In Ice, journalist and historian Amy Brady shares the Nearly half of all refrigerators owned by Americans feature automatic ice machines.