A Passion for Ice Cream has been awarded the coveted International Association of Culinary Professionals 2007 Award for Best Cookbook on a Single Subject. If you love ice cream, but have never made your own, this book is a great place to start. If you are looking for new and exciting ice cream creations, this book will inspire you.  The cover photo is an irresistible invitation to pick up and open this book, and once inside you'll succumb to the wonderful creations, unique ideas, and novel presentations.  Ms. Luchetti provides a great instructional manual about all things ice cream, sorbet, sherbet and granita.  She helps you apply this knowledge with her offering of over 95 fabulous desserts.  Each frozen treat would be enough on its own, but their inclusion as "a principal" in these creative presentations supersedes the notion of "just ice cream for dessert."  Most of the recipes are lavishly illustrated with luscious, artistic photographs that make you wish for the spoils of the photo shoot.  The combination of text and photography qualify this cookbook as a "coffee table book" as well as an indispensable kitchen resource.