New Book 'Sweet Spot' Gives The Scoop On Ice Cream
Journalist Amy Ettinger is obsessed with ice cream. She traveled from coast to coast to visit stores, farms and soda fountains, and even attended a course in ice cream making at Penn State University to find out more about the sweet treat.
Now, Ettinger (@ettinger_amy) has published what she's found out in the new book "Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America." She joins Here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins to talk about the book.
Book Excerpt: ‘Sweet Spot’
by Amy Ettinger
I was sitting at an outdoor table at Humphry Slocombe in San Francisco, poised to take my first bite of foie gras ice cream, when I began to wonder if my life might be in danger.
The risks, as I saw them, were twofold. First, and most urgently, there was the fear of food-related aggression. Jake Godby, chef and co-owner of the ice cream shop, receives repeated death threats every time the fatty duck-liver ice cream is on the menu. When the shop first opened in 2008, animal rights activists set up a website called Humphry Slocombe Must Die, which featured a photo of Godby with a red slash across his face. Some even threatened to force-feed him until he died.
What if an animal rights activist saw me with the item, which was exposed inside a crinkly cellophane package, stamped with a bright blue sticker, and
