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Pancake, April 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Reaktion Books
April 2013
On Sale: March 28, 2013
128 pages ISBN: 1861893922 EAN: 9781861893925 Kindle: B00BPBHW40 Hardcover / e-Book
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Round, thin, and made of starchy batter cooked on a flat
surface, it is a food that goes by many names: flapjack,
crêpe, and okonomiyaki, to name just a few. The pancake is a
treasured food the world over, and now Ken Albala unearths
the surprisingly rich history of pancakes and their sizzling
goodness. Pancake traverses over centuries and civilizations to
examine the culinary and cultural importance of pancakes in
human history. From the Russian blini to the
Ethiopian injera, Albala reveals how pancakes have
been a perennial source of sustenance from Greek and Roman
eras to the Middle Ages through to the present day. He
explores how the pancake has gained symbolic currency in
diverse societies as a comfort food, a portable victual for
travelers, a celebratory dish, and a breakfast meal. The
book also features a number of historic and modern
recipes—tracing the first official pancake recipe to a
sixteenth-century Dutch cook—and is accompanied by a
rich selection of illustrations. Pancake is a witty and erudite history of a
well-known favorite and will ensure that the pancake will
never be flattened under the shadow of better known foods.
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