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1) Great scoops: recipes from a neighborhood ice cream shop

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"Ice cream really does make everything better. Compiled with love by the team at The Merry Dairy, Great Scoops features a cheerful collection of 80 easy, custard-style and vegan ice creams and delectable desserts. From hibiscus & passion fruit and bourbonblack cherry to triple chocolate and caramel popcorn, this exciting new cookbook also includes recipes for signature sauces, toppings, and baked goods (say hello to chocolate chip cookies and meringue...

2) Summer fizz: over 100 recipes for refreshing sparkling drinks

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Ryland Peters & Small

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Quench your thirst with 100 recipes for refreshingly fizzy summer drinks including cooling punches, cocktails, and mocktails. In the warmer months when the days are long and the evenings roll in slowly, there’s nothing better than fixing a cool drink, and a glass of something sparkling provides the ultimate refreshment. From fruity and fresh to tart and tangy, here you’ll find an array of tasty fizzy tipples perfect for every summer occasion....

3) Frozen sweet treats & desserts: over 70 recipes for popsicles, sundaes, shakes, floats & ice cream cakes

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"Sweet, creamy, and cold ice cream sundaes, shakes, floats, ice box cakes, and more, perfect for cooling down on hot summer days. Cooling, delicious, and indulgent are all words that come to mind when we picture the wonderful world of ice cream. Whether you are sipping smooth chocolatey flavors through a straw on a summer’s day, mixing a soft scoop of vanilla ice cream into a fizzy drink, pimping your drink with coffee or a tipple, or layering...

4) The ice book: cool cubes, clear spheres, and other chill cocktail crafts

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English, Camper

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"Crystal clear spheres, cubes you can read through, embossed, branded, and blinged-out chunks, chips, blocks, and 'bergs: it's time to elevate your ice! In The Ice Book, internationally renowned cocktail icepert Camper English details how to use directional freezing to make perfectly pure ice in a home freezer, carve it up into giant diamonds and other shapes, and embed it with garnishes, including edible orchids and olives. You'll learn how to create...

5) Perfect homemade ice cream: the best make-it-yourself ice creams, sorbets, sundaes, and other desserts

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Bauer, Jeni Britton

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Artisanal kitchen

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Nothing beats delicious artisanal ice cream, and this bite-sized book is full of highly doable recipes that can be made in a $50 home-cook-friendly ice cream machine. The craveable ice creams and frozen yogurts favorites include strawberry, pistachio, and vanilla but also creative combinations like Farmstead Cheese and Guava Jam Ice Cream and Wild Berry Lavender Ice Cream. Mix and match them into sundaes decked with crunchy “gravels” (delicious...

6) Sweet enough

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"A simple, stylish cookbook full of desserts that come together faster than you can eat them-from the New York Times bestselling author of Dining In and Nothing Fancy. Casual, effortless, chic: These are not words you'd use to describe most desserts. Butbefore Alison Roman made recipes so perfect that they go by one name-The Cookie, The Pasta, The Lemon Cake-she was a restaurant pastry chef who spent most of her time learning to make things the hard...

7) Mexican ice cream: beloved recipes and stories

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Presents recipes for Mexican ice cream that showcase its diverse flavors, including such options as goat's milk caramel, avocado, rice pudding, and chocolate-chile, while exploring the cultural aspects of preparing and consuming ice cream in Mexico.

8) Super vegan scoops!: plant-based ice cream for everyone

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Kaminsky, Hannah

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"Freeze! Leave those processed frozen desserts at the grocery store and dive into creamy, cool custards made in your own kitchen. It's not a crime to want a more exciting ice cream experience than the average chocolate or vanilla scoop. Super Vegan Scoops! churns out cool treats without dairy or eggs in unconventional flavors, truly offering tastes to delight even the most discerning sweet tooth. Special equipment need not apply for many of these...

9) Easy no-churn ice cream: the 'no equipment necessary' guide to standout homemade ice cream

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Templeton, Heather

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"It's easier than ever to make decadent, delicious ice cream without any extra equipment, thanks to Heather Templeton's incredible no-churn technique. In this must-have collection, Heather of Heather's Home Bakery is here to help you make incredible flavors of your own homemade ice cream--no ice cream machine necessary! All you have to do is combine easy-to-find ingredients, pour them into a pan, then freeze and enjoy. Join Heather as she teaches...

10) For the love of popsicles: naturally delicious icy sweet summer treats from A-Z

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"With 75 healthy, vibrant recipes, this popsicle-pedia is all you need to survive the summer! Taking readers on a journey through the world of healthy popsicles, these approachable and inviting recipes highlight ease and simplicity with natural ingredients and uncomplicated preparations. Bright, colorful photos of every recipe and a minimalist, trendy design will entice readers to try out both the classic and modern pops, from Orange Creamsicles to...

11) Paletas: authentic recipes for Mexican ice pops, shaved ice, and aguas frescas

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"The first collection of Mexican ice pop (paleta), shaved ice (raspado), and natural beverage (agua fresca) recipes for the United States from the country's most authoritative voice on Mexican sweets, in a user-friendly, engaging package"--Provided by publisher.

12) Let them eat cake: classic decadent desserts with vegan, gluten-free and healthy variations : more than 80 recipes for cookies, pies, cakes, ice cream, and more!

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Bullock-Prado, Gesine

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Let Them Eat Cake includes classic recipes in all their extravagant glory, as well as the secrets to making three alternative versions of each one.

13) How to make frozen yogurt: 56 delicious flavors you can make at home

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Nicole Weston shows her method of making frozen yogurt using a simple meringue and an ice cream maker and then offers recipes for 56 flavors, from classic vanilla, chocolate and strawberry to mango, coconut, key lime, chai, honey, ginger and cardamom, white chocolate raspberry, dulce de leche, avocado, maple bacon, candy cane, spiced pumpkin, cranberry, eggnog, gingerbread and mint julep.

14) Coolhaus ice cream book: [custom-built sandwiches with crazy-good combos of cookies, ice creams, gelatos and sorbets]

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"From a beat-up postal van turned food truck, Coolhaus has rocketed to a national brand. The inventive sandwiches, named after famous architects, are sold in supermarkets across the country, as well as from trucks in Los Angeles, New York, Austin, and Dallas. Coolhaus... owners part with the recipes for their coolest creations, like the BuckMINTster Fuller (Dirty Mint Chip Ice Cream with Chocolate Chip Cookies) and the Frank Behry (Strawberry Gelato...

15) Two in one desserts: cookie pies, cupcake shakes, and more clever concoctions

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Ice cream cake

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Everyone loves cake with ice cream. The combination of textures and flavors, even temperature, adds up to much more than the sum of its parts. In her new book, blogger Hayley Parker takes this concept to new levels. Using cake and brownie mixes, ready-made doughs and crusts, and other make-it-simple shortcuts, Parker comes up with the most deviously delicious desserts imaginable. Call them mash-ups or mix-ins, hybrid desserts or sugar hacks, these...

16) Coconut every day: cooking with nature's miracle superfood

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frozen desserts

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100 ways to cook and bake with coconut--the world's most amazing miracle superfood!

17) Modern art desserts: recipes for cakes, cookies, confections, and frozen treats based on iconic works of art

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Freeman, Caitlin

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Frozen desserts

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"Taking its cues from works by Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, and Matisse, this collection of uniquely delicious dessert recipes (and step-by-step assembly guides) gives readers all they need to make their own edible masterpieces"--

18) Van Leeuwen artisan ice cream

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"In the summer of 2008 the Van Leeuwen team rolled out their first two yellow ice cream trucks in New York City. Now, with over seven years of ice cream making under their belts, Laura, Ben, and Pete are delighted to share their recipes and stories with you. With an emphasis on traditional practices and artisanal ingredients, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream will teach you how to make these delicious scoops at home and give you the foundation to create...

19) food52 ice cream and friends 60 recipes and riffs

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20) À la mode: 120 recipes in 60 pairings :pies, tarts, cakes, crisps, and more topped with ice cream, gelato, frozen custard, and more

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Weinstein, Bruce

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Frozen custard

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"À la Mode" offers not just solid dessert recipes, from raspberry oat bars to bear claws, from chocolate pecan pie to a white chocolate pavlova, but also gives you the unforgettable pairings that make these desserts smash hits: apple cranberry pie with Camembert ice cream, chocolate sheet cake with salt caramel frozen custard, and espresso cream jelly roll with mascarpone ice cream.