Lizzie Stark takes readers on a witty revealing and delightful journey through the natural and
cultural history of the egg exploring its deep symbolism innumerable uses and metabolic
importance in twelve dazzling specimens. From Mali to Finland Stark looks at cultures that
find the world's origins in an egg. Decorated by Ukrainians an oracle for Greeks the impetus
behind gang wars and flown into space the egg-whether of chickens murres or ostriches-has
taken on mythic proportions all the while serving as a humble ingredient in fancy dishes.
Stark even writes Jacques Pépin's biography through the lens of the egg dishes he served. Egg
is also about Stark's fascination with this delicate ovoid-both her myriad attempts to create a
perfect omelette and her fraught relationship to the ova in her body. Filled with colourful
characters and fascinating morsels Egg is a playful informative and surprising history that
guarantees you'll never take the egg for granted again.
