Egg

Stark proves to be an excellent storyteller...This delightful paean to the egg is equal parts fun, philosophical, educational, and irreverent.-- Publishers Weekly Richly peppered with insight and a dash of humor, Lizzie Stark takes us on a fresh adventure to understand the humble foundation of life, the egg.--Terry Hope Romero, coauthor of Veganomicon 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 Egg is cheeky, playful, and deeply informative--in short, a complete delight.--Jennifer Egan, author of The Candy House Egg is one of those rare and voracious books that defies categorization. Lizzie Stark uses the egg as a means of hatching one startling inquiry after another. Like her culinary hero Jacques Pepin, Lizzie Stark makes magic out of the simplest ingredients: her insatiable curiosity, keen intelligence, and a literary style that is wry, elegant, and searching--Steve Almond, author of Candyfreak and All the Secrets of the World Lizzie Stark makes the egg her protagonist, tracing its biography in a dazzling probe of art, science, outer space, menus--and her body--across the globe. Imaginative and wildly original, Egg asks us to consider no less than the origin of everything and our role in maintaining the chicken-and-egg system.--Marie Mutsuki Mockett, author of American Harvest