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Spoonfuls Of Stonehenge: Modern Ice Cream Flavors Inspired By History

A small-batch ice cream maker in Baltimore explores the sweet — and salty, spicy and even a little nutty — sides of historical people and places through clever, deeply researched flavor combinations.

If Stonehenge Monument were an ice cream, it would be a delicious bowl of vanilla blended with bits of oats and hazelnuts and honey swirls.

At least according to Hannah Spiegelman, a small-batch ice cream maker in Baltimore who explores the sweet — as well as salty, spicy and even a little nutty — sides of historical people and places through A Sweet History, her blog, Instagram feed and occasional pop-up stand of the same name.

Spiegelman creates unique ice cream flavors inspired by everything from historical figures to art history, mythology, astrology and historic events. "I've always liked looking at history from a visual standpoint," she says.

That quality is evident when

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