About A Sweet History

A Sweet History presents ice cream flavors inspired by people and places from the past.

A Sweet History encourages people to look at history in a new light through a universal medium: ice cream. A Sweet History believes in focusing on the histories of women and other people whose stories don’t typically get told in history books or popular media. While these histories are super important, they don’t have to be boring. They can be whimsical, bold, unusual, and delicious. 

A Sweet History began in Baltimore, Maryland in February 2017. Since then, A Sweet History has produced flavors in Boston, Massachusetts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is currently located in New York City. 

Hannah Spiegelman was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For college, Hannah returned to the East Coast to attend Goucher College, receiving honors for her Bachelor’s degree in History, with a minor in Art History. After two years of interning at museums, working in the Goucher archives and the Baltimore food world, Hannah questioned if she should apply for an art history master’s. She was seeking a way to connect her background in history with her passion for food. After a Valentine’s Day drink with Hannah’s boss and friend, Krystal Mack, she realized she could combine history with ice cream by using the dessert as a storytelling device. Hannah sees ice cream as both her artistic medium and an educational tool. Instead of an art history master’s. Hannah moved to Boston in 2018 and two years later received a master’s in gastronomy from Boston University. Her thesis was on 19th-century American ice cream consumption landscapes.