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Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from Brooklyn’s Favorite Ice Cream Shop

Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from Brooklyn’s Favorite Ice Cream Shop

Current price: $24.95
Publication Date: April 15th, 2014
Publisher:
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
ISBN:
9781617690761
Pages:
224

Description

Ample Hills Creamery is an ice-cream destination that attracts thousands of customers each day from near and far to Prospect Heights and Gowanus, Brooklyn. Lines wind around the block, spurred on by the chance to try one of their unforget­table flavors, and these and countless others will be dreamed up in kitchens across the country with the help of Ample Hills Creamery. Featuring recipes for the most sought-after flavors—including Salted Crack Caramel, Ooey Gooey, and the Munchies—the book is organized by mood. Are you feeling nostalgic? Try a scoop of Black Cow Float. Or maybe you need a drink? Daddy’s Sundae, made with bourbon, will set you right. For kids and kids-at-heart, stories, activities, and hand-drawn characters appear throughout each chapter, offering games, helpful tips, and inspiration for creating new flavors. With mouthwatering photography and charming illustrations, Ample Hills Creamery is a definitive, cow-filled guide for ice cream lovers and DIY enthusiasts alike.

About the Author

Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna are the owners of Ample Hills Creamery. They live in Brooklyn with their two children, Nonna Kai and Kaleo.

Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna are the owners of Ample Hills Creamery. They live in Brooklyn with their two children, Nonna Kai and Kaleo.

Lauren Kaelin, coauthor and illustrator, is the director of marketing at Ample Hills, the author of When Parents Text, and the creator of the popular blog Benjameme.

Lauren Kaelin, coauthor and illustrator, is the director of marketing at Ample Hills, the author of When Parents Text, and the creator of the popular blog Benjameme.

Praise for Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from Brooklyn’s Favorite Ice Cream Shop

“Ample Hills Creamery is a book every ice cream lover will want in their library. Their book is as fun and charming as their corner shop in Brooklyn.”
— Melissa Elsen and Emily Elsen, Four & Twenty Blackbirds

"I've eaten a lot of ice cream in my day and I'd say that Salted Crack Caramel Ice Cream may be the most delicious flavor I've ever tasted!"
— James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Symon

“Beautiful and downright fun... Two cones up!”
— Julia Turshen, co-author of the bestselling cookbook It’s All Good

“I’m a longtime fan of Ample Hills. I love the fact that everything is made in house, even the peppermint patties for my favorite ice cream.”
— Dan Kluger, James Beard Award-winning chef of ABC Restaurants

“Nothing short of manna from heaven could compete with the tidal wave of flavor and goodness that is Ample Hills Creamery.”
— RealSimple.com

“Charming illustrations, plenty of how-to tips and, of course, great recipes make this book a keeper.”
— Houston Chronicle

“Spells out everything you need to know to make their signature scooped goodness at home. . . . You don’t even have to be in Brooklyn to savor Ample Hills—in book form, your favorite cup or cone can now come to you.”
— EdibleBrooklyn.com