One of our favourite stories was how ice and ice cream was introduced in the 1930s via New England. An American trader, Frederick Tudor, would ship chunks of ice cut from icy ponds across the globe by wrapping them in sawdust to keep them from melting. The first consignment was imported into India in September 1834 by Jehangir Nusserwanjee Wadia, with pieces being sold at 4 annas (25 paise) per pound. To build on his success, Tudor introduced ice cream, and the first to give the city a taste of it was Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy who served it at a house-warming party!

The account is a passion project recounting a range of insightful topics from how Mumbai’s wadis were formed to who the first Parsi in the city was, and how the 10-day Ganeshotsav became an organised public festival in 1893. Its slow and steady stream of historical accounts teaches us something new every other day, and we’re hooked. 

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