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Egg : a dozen ovatures / Lizzie Stark.

Stark, Lizzie, (author.).

Summary:
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 omelet 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 colorful characters and fascinating morsels, Egg is playful, informative, and guarantees that you'll never take this delicate ovoid for granted again. -- publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393531503
  • ISBN: 0393531503
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 212 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Cosmic egg -- Egg hunt -- Egg rush -- Egg money -- Egg gurus -- Velvet eggs -- Pysanky -- Clown eggs -- Egg toss -- Space eggs -- Egg cures -- Human eggs.
Subject: Eggs as food.
Eggs > History.
Genre: Informational works.

Available copies

  • 10 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 641.375 STARK (Text) 50686016293149 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 641.375 STA (Text) 33240005155281 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library 641.3 Sta (Text)
Memorial: In Memoriam of Charles M. Flaig
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Carroll Valley Library 641.375 STARK (Text)
Endowment: F. William and Helen Darrah Named Endowment, 2023
35740635947401 New Nonfiction Available -
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library 641.375 Sta 2023 (Text) 10HOL000489536 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults 641.3 STA Nonfiction (Text) 34262000906806 Main Room Checked Out 04/09/2024
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults 641.3 STA Nonfiction (Text) 34318001223599 Adult Area Available -
Allentown Public Library 641.3 STAR (Text) 34455007007897 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 641.675 (Text)
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33062009705592 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Clymer Library 641.37 STA (Text) 32596000545201 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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