Making Luxury Ice at Home

Nobody loves ice more than Americans. It’s a running joke, a quirk of the national personality: Iced drinks are as American as rock ‘n’ roll, pickup trucks and to-go cups. Way back in 1895, Mark Twain wrote that ice had become so inextricably linked with the United States that “there is but a single specialty…

How to Make Specialty Ice at Home

In homes and bars and on social media, ice is no longer a square-cut, predictable bit player. Today there are dozens of molds and machines that can create a different style of ice for every occasion. Here’s a quick look at the most popular shapes and the best ways to use them. Ice Sticks These…