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• Turback, Michael

Chronicling the history of an original, enduring, and authentically American dessert, this history and recipe collection of sundaes covers the treat from its creation in 1892 to the present day, where it continues to pleasure our collective senses. For well over a century, the ice cream sundae has been a symbol of America’s abundance, appetite, ingenuity, and never-lost youth. From the 1929 stock market crash through World War II and beyond, this dessert has been there to lift spirits for people across the country and across the social spectrum.

Michael Turback operated the Turback’s of Ithaca restaurant for nearly three decades and is the author of Coffee Drinks, Hot Chocolate, Mocha, and A Month of Sundaes. He lives in Ithaca, New York.