How was ice cream invented and what was the first flavor?

Ice cream comes in hundreds of flavors, from vanilla to chocolate, strawberry, chocolate chip cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, and many other varieties. Many people think vanilla was the first ice cream flavor invented since it is the most popular, but that is actually not the case. In the 4th century B.C. read more

The story goes that he brought an unidentified flavor of ice cream, well, sherbet really, back to Italy from China, who invented ice cream, in 3000 B.C. Then just like with macarons, Florentine Catherine de' Medici introduced the French to ice cream in 1553 when she married Henry II. read more

It appears, from the Wikipedia article, that the first flavors were Rosewater and Grape along with Honey, various Nuts. The first recipes for what we know as Ice Cream date from the early 18th century and are flavored with Lemonade. read more