The Ultimate Ice Cream Book : Over 500 Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, Drinks, And More

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Summary: A lifetime's worth of ice-cream making!
Review: What a huge variety of recipes, and on top of that there are variations on each one making each recipe worth 5 to 10 recipes! I've had so much fun experimenting, and I've had great success with the sorbets. There really is something for everyone. Another plus is every section is in alphabetical order, so you can find exactly what your looking for in no time. No fumbling around for a specific recipe. All in all, this is a great all around ice cream book.

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Summary: I never make icecream owning only this book
Review: When my husband bought me an ice cream maker, he also purchased this book, I assume thinking that it would be an all-inclusive recipe book. It does have some recipes that sound good, but...

I never make ice cream because all the recipes require that the mix be made the day before and refridgerated overnite. I don't have time to think ahead like that!!!! And by then my craving for ice cream is gone anyway!

A friend's copy of Ben and Jerry's book made me realize that not everything has to be refridgerated forever first - and I'm buying that today - now maybe the icecream maker should go back in the freezer!

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Summary: A little too delicious
Review: When you buy your ice cream maker, stop at the book store on the way home to get this book! I have made almost all of the ice creams and many sorbets, and if you can believe it, every single one turned out perfect.
One of the main reasons I bought an ice cream maker was because I wanted to make egg-free ice cream. There are a few, but not quite enough, egg-free recipes for ice cream in here (he calls it "Philidelphia Style"), so I just started leaving the eggs out of the recipes and it worked!
This book is written very clearly, is very easy to follow, and since ice cream is not the most difficult of the cooking arts (a bit of extra sugar here or a tad too little cream won't ruin your recipe as it will with baked goods) anyone can do it! I have impressed many a visitor with homemade apple butter or pumpkin ice cream. Yes, some of the flavors do sound a little gross (such as corn and hot pepper ice cream) but you never know . . .
To sum it up, I looked through a lot of ice cream books and this one seemed to have the most straightfoward and simple recipes, and I have ended up making hundreds of delicious frozen desserts! I highly recommend this book.