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By Martini Fisher Posted on 30 Oct 202020 Feb 2021

The Ancient History of Ice Cream

In its journey zigzagging between tradition and geography, ice cream has grown from a dessert for the powerful elite to a street food that everybody enjoys and consumes all year … Continue reading The Ancient History of Ice Cream

Categories: HistoryTags: ancient history, ancient world, dessert, dessert history, food, history, history of ice cream, ice, ice cream, myth, mythology

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