Cake: A Global History

by Nicola Humble

Book Overview

Be it a birthday or a wedding--let them eat cake. Encased in icing, crowned with candles, emblazoned with congratulatory words--cake is the ultimate food of celebration in many cultures around the world. But how did cake come to be the essential food marker of a significant occasion? In Cake: A Global History, Nicola Humble explores the meanings, legends, rituals, and symbolism attached to cake through the ages.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861896484
• ISBN13: 9781861896483
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.8"