Egg : a dozen ovatures / Lizzie Stark.
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. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Eggs as food. Eggs > History. |
Genre: | Informational works. |
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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)
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In Memoriam of Charles M. Flaig
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00157939 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Carroll Valley Library | 641.375 STARK (Text)
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F. William and Helen Darrah Named Endowment, 2023
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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 | 04/30/2024 |
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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Presented by Deborah E. Prince.
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33062009705592 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Clymer Library | 641.37 STA (Text) | 32596000545201 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |