Egg - Lizzie Stark

Egg

A Dozen Ovatures

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2024
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-07447-2 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
An unconventional history of the world’s largest cellular workhorse, from chickens to penguins, from art to crime and more
The egg is a paradox—both alive and not alive—and a symbol as old as culture itself. In this wide-ranging and delightful journey through its natural and cultural history, Lizzie Stark explores the egg’s deep meanings, innumerable uses and metabolic importance through a dozen dazzling specimens.

From Mali to Finland, mythologies around the globe have invested the egg with powers of regeneration and fecundity, often ascribing the origin of the world to a cosmic egg. An oracle to Romans, fought over by Gold Rush gangs, used as the foundation of the Clown Egg Registry and blasted into space, the egg has taken on larger proportions than, say, the ovum of an ostrich.

It has starred in global dishes from the Korean comfort food ttukbaegi gyeranjjim to the less regaled yet iconic soft-boiled egg. Stark writes a biography of French-born chef Jacques Pépin through his egg creations, and weaves in her personal experiences, like attempting to make the perfect omelette or trying her hand at pysanky—the Ukrainian art of egg decoration. She also explores her fraught relationship to the eggs in her body due to a familial link to cancer, and shares her delight in becoming a mother.

Filled with colourful characters and fascinating morsels, Egg is playful, informative and guarantees that you’ll never take this delicate ovoid for granted again.

Lizzie Stark is a participation designer and the author of Pandora’s DNA and Leaving Mundania. Her writing has been featured in publications such as the Washington Post, Daily Beast, io9, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Massachusetts.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 211 mm
Gewicht 193 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Essen / Trinken
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte
Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Histologie / Embryologie
ISBN-10 1-324-07447-7 / 1324074477
ISBN-13 978-1-324-07447-2 / 9781324074472
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