A cultural and culinary history of our favorite household ingredient.
Poached, scrambled, boiled, whipped into a cocktail, transformed into a painting medium, tossed at an enemy’s house. As the most striking of paradoxes, the egg exists in happy suspension between humble household ingredient and ever-powerful source of life.
The debut volume of TASCHEN’s series with cult-favorite THE GOURMAND journal celebrates the link between food and culture in a visual and literary exploration of the powerhouse kitchen staple.