753: An Homage to the Refrigerator
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
The History of Mechanical Refrigeration
How do you send ice from Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Caribbean and not have a melt along the way? Ice is insulated by more ice, so you don't get all of it, but you do get enough of it that you can make some money off it when it gets there. When you get ice to places like India or Martinique, you actually have to teach people how to use it because those people have never seen it before.
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