Description
Book SynopsisAn unconventional history of the world's largest cellular workhorse, from chickens to penguins, art to egg crimes and more
Trade Review"Crack this book like an egg and suck up 200 pages of Lizzie Stark delightfulness! Here is early career Jacques Pepin making sous vide eggs at Howard Johnson's! Gender-shifting chickens! Greedy eggers! Maniacal collectors!
Egg is eclectic and funny, informative and endlessly surprising… Like the egg itself, this book is a perfect, miraculous package." -- Mary Roach, bestselling author of Fuzz
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Egg bursts forth as a joyous triumph in the fresh field of body-part literature. Lizzie Stark writes with wit, verve, and warmth. I loved every page." -- Florence Williams, author of Heartbreak
"Fun, interesting and thoroughly enjoyable, this book explores the humble egg from angles you never imagined." -- Luxury London
