Ice cream did much to popularize ice cream recipes and make its consumption into a fashionable middle-class pursuit. She wrote four books: "Ices Plain and Fancy: The Book of Ices" (1885), "Mrs. A.B. Marshall's Book of Cookery" (1888), "Mrs. A.B. Marshall's Larger Cookery Book of Extra Recipes" (1891) and "Fancy Ices" (1894) and gave public lectures on cooking. She even suggested using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented in the 1870s, adding to ice cream's popularity. The invention of this cold treat is attributed to American Robert Green in 1874, although there is no conclusive evidence to
The Emperor of Ice-Cream business trips to Florida. The 'emperor' of ice cream is illustrated through imagery by Stevens as sufficiently ruddy to churn the ice cream and blend its sugar in order to make the customary funeral treat used in the country. Thomas C. Grey in his book on Stevens sees the poem as a harsh didactic lesson studying the use of the metaphor of 'coldness' in Stevens. As Grey states: "Stevens knows the corruptions of coldness as well as its beauties. Chief among them is the heartless selfishness, represented by the sweet sinister cold of 'The Emperor of Ice-Cream.' In the kitchen