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.
| ISBN: | 9781861893925 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2008 |
| Author: | Ken Albala |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 127 pages |
| Series: | Edible |
| Genres: |
Cookery, Food and Drink Cultural studies: food and society |
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.
Pancake features in the following genres: Cookery, Food and Drink, Cultural studies: food and society
Pancake is available in Hardback
Pancake was written by Ken Albala and published by Reaktion Books
Pancake has 127 pages
Yes it is part of Edible series