Ice cream takes many forms around the world, from Italian gelato to Turkish dondurma, and each style is beloved in its own right ... what may be the first frozen dessert in history.

Not a bad discovery for the 16th century! About 100 years later in England, ice cream received its first formal mention by name, in the whole of history. It was served at the table of Charles II ...

Recognised by its flashy graphics ... One of the first ice cream makers that operates similarly to automatic ones today was invented by English culinary entrepreneur Agnes Marshall in 1885.

She was so prolific — reimagining things as varied as toys, typewriters, umbrellas and ice-cream makers — that she earned the nickname Lady Edison. Beulah Henry’s original patent proposals ...