A historical study of how increased access to ice—decades before refrigeration—transformed American life. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth cen

Presents strange-but-true stories about such topics as a headless chicken that lived eighteen months, Albert Einstein's designs for refrigerators, and how a Don

How we keep food cold while the house stays warm. Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and free

From a late-night snack to a cold beer, there’s nothing that whets the appetite quite like the suctioning sound of a refrigerator being opened. In the early 1

The authors argue that constant mobility and growing addictions to media of all types get in the way of close relationships people need. In essence, they ask "h