Gourmand's Egg. a Collection of Stories and Recipes Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend

Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor

First published in 1963

With his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity

and giftable

the part of his work he loves most

Gourmand's Egg. a Collection of Stories and Recipes Writing with his one-of-a-kind blendPoached, 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. One of the most enduring symbols throughout antiquity, eggs were used by the Romans to dispel evil spirits, modeled as priceless artifacts for the Russian nobility, and were woven into Egyptian