Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take on its ice cream ...

Let’s hear it for supper clubs. As if relish trays and prime rib specials weren’t enough, popularizing after-dinner ice cream cocktails like Brandy Alexanders, Grasshoppers and Pink Squirrels cemented ...