Pancake : a global history / Ken Albala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albala, Ken, author.

Series:

Edible .

Edible

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--History.

Food.

Pancakes, waffles, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Round, thin and made of starchy batter cooked on a flat surface, the pancake is a food that goes by many names: crêpes, flapjacks and okonomiyaki, to name just a few. This treat 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 the 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 travellers, a celebratory dish and a breakfast meal. This book also features a number of delicious historic and modern recipes - tracing the first official pancake recipe to a sixteenth-century book. Pancake is a witty and erudite history of a well-known food favourite.

Contents:

Introduction: What is a Pancake? 1 Comfort Food 2 Celebration 3 Street Food 4 Working-class Food 5 Fine Dining Afterword Recipes Select Bibliography Websites and Associations Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (page 113-115), list of websites and associations (page 116-118) and index.

ISBN:

9781780232379

1780232373

OCLC:

1058501274