
How delicious can you make ice?
Constant Wonder - Radio Archive, Episode 271 , Segment 1
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.