“… a delightfully daffy and witty book … spoon-lickin’ good”—Business Week. "Dickson's book is something more than light confection; if you’ ve ever crunched a sugar cone or gurgled the bottom'of a chocolate soda ... it can hardly fail to delight and conjure up some satisfying Proust-like memories. "—The Washington Post. “…More fun than a month of sundaes. ”—Ladies Home’ Journal. “A triple-dip-with-the-works tribute to American ice cream. ”—Kirkus Reviews “An entertaining book all about sundaes, soda jerks, tortoni and other great names such as chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. ” –New York Times. "The Great American Ice Cream Book is irrelevant. Determinedly, delightfully, deliriously, puckishly irrelevant. It's a fun book, written by an ice-creamaniac for ice-creamaniacs. … Its relevance is irrelevant, because this book is dessert.... Rele¬vance? Who needs it? Make mine jamocha almond fudge. "—The National Observer "To this date there had been no work of literature that placed in perspective the role of ice cream in American life and its influence on our culture as well as our taste buds. For correcting such a glaring omission, former soda jerk Paul Dickson is due not only our eternal gratitude but a free sundae of his choice. "—Savannah News Press.