How delicious can you make ice?

How delicious can you make ice?

Constant Wonder

Ice King, Japanese Ice, Joan of Arc

Episode: Ice King, Japanese Ice, Joan of Arc

  • Oct 8, 2019 8:00 pm
  • 1:15:18 mins

Guest: Nathan Hopson, Associate Professor, Modern Japanese and East Asian History, Nagoya University, Japan The Japanese commercialized the ice trade way back in the 11th century. Kakigori was a frozen Japanese delicacy that eventually led to the shave ice craze that pops up every year on American street corners.