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Description
Be it a birthday or a wedding--let them eat cake. Encased in icing, crowned with candles, emblazoned with congratulatory words--cake is the ultimate food of celebration in many cultures around the world. But how did cake come to be the essential food marker of a significant occasion? In Cake: A Global History, Nicola Humble explores the meanings, legends, rituals, and symbolism attached to cake through the ages.
Humble describes the many national differences in cake-making techniques, customs, and regional histories--from the French gâteau Paris-Brest, named for a cycle race and designed to imitate the form of a bicycle wheel, to the American Lady Baltimore cake, likely named for a fictional cake in a 1906 novel by Owen Wister. She also details the role of cake in literature, art, and film--including Miss Havisham's imperishable wedding cake in Great Expectations and Marcel Proust's madeleine of memory--as well as the art and architecture of cake making itself.
Featuring a large selection of mouthwatering images, as well as many examples and recipes for some particularly unusual cakes, Cake will provide many sweet reasons for celebration.
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Parties prenantes
- Auteur(s) :
- Editeur:
Contenu
- Nombre de pages :
- 144
- Langue:
- Anglais
- Collection :
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9781861896483
- Date de parution :
- 15-05-10
- Format:
- Livre relié
- Format numérique:
- Genaaid
- Dimensions :
- 127 mm x 198 mm
- Poids :
- 340 g
