Category: The Ice Book
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Cocktail Ice Is a Work of Art
This awesome article appeared on the homepage of Liquor.com! "For Camper English, Cocktail Ice Is a Work of Art" After months of tweaking temperature, timing, types of water, and container shapes and sizes, English deduced the technique behind achieving flawlessly crystalline ice with nary a cloud or blemish. This method is known as “directional freezing”…
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Another Ice Book Mention in the Wall Street Journal
In a story about the chewy ice as served in Sonic and at hospitals, the Wall Street Journal interviewed me. Read the story here.
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A Review of The Ice Book – In German
Mixology Magazine is a German publication mostly geared toward bartenders. I contributed to it for a number of years and they were great! Now they've reviewed The Ice Book. I read it via the translator on my browser, and it seemed very nice.
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Why are Americans so obsessed with ice?
The Washington Post asks, Why are Americans so obsessed with ice? When they contacted me about the story, I knew it was going to be about Starbucks. You see, I have a google news alert for "ice" and the news that Starbucks was switching to chewy ice hit last week. People of the internet had…
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Twice the Ice in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Angela Hansberger wrote up The Ice Book and Ice by Amy Brady for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The story is here (paywalled). I was able to access the text via my public library (did you know you can do that to get through newspaper and even magazine paywalls?) and a few quotes from the story: English's…
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“The Ultimate Guide to Clear Ice”
InsideHook writes up The Ice Book. The article includes an excerpt as well. "It’s a wonderful and quick guide for novices and drinks experts alike." "succinct and beautifully photographed drinks guide" "This Is the Ultimate Guide to Clear Ice" Read it here!
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Inside the Quest for Totally Transparent Cocktail Ice
In the New York Times, Robert Simonson writes about my quest for clear ice and The Ice Book! It's a great article. Read the article here. Order The Ice Book here.
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More Death Star Ice Spheres
A few years back I showed how you can make the Death Star ice mold turn out clear. There are more tips and detailed information in The Ice Book, and you should probably purchase a copy! Below are some more pics from a 2023 round of making more Death Star spheres for some friends.
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Local Trendsetter Releases Stylish Ice Book
The Nob Hill Gazette is a neighborhood newspaper in San Francisco – the posh neighborhood, that is. Writer David Nash penned a little preview of The Ice Book for the paper, which you can read here. It features another of Allison Webber's fantastic photos from the book.