Pancake : a global history /
Albala, Ken, 1964-
Pancake : a global history / Ken Albala. - 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm. - Edible . - Edible. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index.
What is a Pancake? -- Comfort Food -- Celebration -- Street Food -- Working-class Food -- Fine Dining. Introduction. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
1861893922 9781861893925
Pancakes, waffles, etc.
Pancakes, waffles, etc.--History
TX749.5
641.815
Pancake : a global history / Ken Albala. - 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm. - Edible . - Edible. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index.
What is a Pancake? -- Comfort Food -- Celebration -- Street Food -- Working-class Food -- Fine Dining. Introduction. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
1861893922 9781861893925
Pancakes, waffles, etc.
Pancakes, waffles, etc.--History
TX749.5
641.815