Description
The Gourmand's Egg Book As Dali's muse, Hitchcock's nightmare, and humble ingredient, the eternal egg weaves a fascinating tale through the history of culture. The first volume in The Gourmand's new book series, published by Taschen, The Gourmand's Egg is illustrated with exclusive photography and historic artworks, celebrating the link between food and art through original recipes and stories.
As Dali's muse, Hitchcock's nightmare, and humble ingredient, the eternal egg weaves a fascinating tale back to antiquity. The first volume in TASCHEN's series with The Gourmand, sumptuously illustrated with exclusive photography and historic artworks, celebrates the link between food and art through original recipes and stories.
About the Author
The Gourmand is David Lane and Marina Tweed, creators of the eponymous food and culture journal founded in London in 2011. Through publications, films and experiences they explore the fields of art, design, literature, film, fashion, and music through the universal subject of food. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Die Zeit, and Le Monde, and exhibited at the Design Museum, London.
Reviews
"This tasty title is well worth dipping (your soldiers) into." * World of Interiors *
"[A] gorgeous, frothy offering from food-culture journal The Gourmand." * World of Interiors *
"...entertainingly explores the cultural and culinary history of the egg, with spectacular imagery and essential recipes." * Delicious *
"As this lavishly ovophilic work demonstrates, eggs are loaded with symbolic and metaphoric potential, and their hold on the artistic imagination, as well as our appetites, can be traced back through the millennia." * The Observer New Review *
"The humble egg has provided inspiration well beyond the kitchen and is celebrated in all its guises in The Gourmand's Egg: A Collection of Stories and Recipes." * ArtReview *
"...an absolute playground for the eyes and mind." * vanityfair.com *
"Celebrating the endless possibilities of the egg... whether it's poached, scrambled, boiled, whipped, deviled, painted, or even tossed, the egg is here celebrated in all its various guises: as both humble household ingredient and ever-powerful source of life." * vogue.com *
"The Gourmand's Egg. A Collection of Stories & Recipes dives into the cultural relevance and history behind the oval wonder, while blessing our eyes with the most eclectic visual companions we've ever seen inside the pages of a cookbook." * Tasting Table *
"...turns the staple (ingredient) into a star, and charts its significant beyond the kitchen." * Apollo *
"A closer look at how eggs became a complex motif in countless works of art." * Salon *
"Every food-lover's favourite magazine 'The Gourmand' has begun a series of books dedicated to singular foods, featuring essays, recipes and always beautiful imagery. Scramble to get your mitts on the first, centred on the humble egg." * ES Magazine *
"The Gourmand's Egg is the first in a new series of sumptuous art books by TASCHEN, celebrating the connections between art and food." * The Telegraph *
"A cracking new look at the egg... Culinary, cultural... it's all collected in this fascinating compendium of all things ovoid." * The Financial Times *
"Cracked, over-easy or richly symbolic: the humble egg in art." * The Observer *
"Editorially experimental, visually conceptual, but highly accessible because of the sheer wit of its inventive features, The Gourmand offers surprising delicacies." * The Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9783836585897
Author The Gourmand
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Taschen GmbH
Publisher Taschen GmbH
As Dali's muse, Hitchcock's nightmare, and humble ingredient, the eternal egg weaves a fascinating tale back to antiquity. The first volume in TASCHEN's series with The Gourmand, sumptuously illustrated with exclusive photography and historic artworks, celebrates the link between food and art through original recipes and stories.
About the Author
The Gourmand is David Lane and Marina Tweed, creators of the eponymous food and culture journal founded in London in 2011. Through publications, films and experiences they explore the fields of art, design, literature, film, fashion, and music through the universal subject of food. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Die Zeit, and Le Monde, and exhibited at the Design Museum, London.
Reviews
"This tasty title is well worth dipping (your soldiers) into." * World of Interiors *
"[A] gorgeous, frothy offering from food-culture journal The Gourmand." * World of Interiors *
"...entertainingly explores the cultural and culinary history of the egg, with spectacular imagery and essential recipes." * Delicious *
"As this lavishly ovophilic work demonstrates, eggs are loaded with symbolic and metaphoric potential, and their hold on the artistic imagination, as well as our appetites, can be traced back through the millennia." * The Observer New Review *
"The humble egg has provided inspiration well beyond the kitchen and is celebrated in all its guises in The Gourmand's Egg: A Collection of Stories and Recipes." * ArtReview *
"...an absolute playground for the eyes and mind." * vanityfair.com *
"Celebrating the endless possibilities of the egg... whether it's poached, scrambled, boiled, whipped, deviled, painted, or even tossed, the egg is here celebrated in all its various guises: as both humble household ingredient and ever-powerful source of life." * vogue.com *
"The Gourmand's Egg. A Collection of Stories & Recipes dives into the cultural relevance and history behind the oval wonder, while blessing our eyes with the most eclectic visual companions we've ever seen inside the pages of a cookbook." * Tasting Table *
"...turns the staple (ingredient) into a star, and charts its significant beyond the kitchen." * Apollo *
"A closer look at how eggs became a complex motif in countless works of art." * Salon *
"Every food-lover's favourite magazine 'The Gourmand' has begun a series of books dedicated to singular foods, featuring essays, recipes and always beautiful imagery. Scramble to get your mitts on the first, centred on the humble egg." * ES Magazine *
"The Gourmand's Egg is the first in a new series of sumptuous art books by TASCHEN, celebrating the connections between art and food." * The Telegraph *
"A cracking new look at the egg... Culinary, cultural... it's all collected in this fascinating compendium of all things ovoid." * The Financial Times *
"Cracked, over-easy or richly symbolic: the humble egg in art." * The Observer *
"Editorially experimental, visually conceptual, but highly accessible because of the sheer wit of its inventive features, The Gourmand offers surprising delicacies." * The Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9783836585897
Author The Gourmand
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Taschen GmbH
Publisher Taschen GmbH
