num_pages: 149
description: Pudding usually brings to mind flavors like chocolate vanilla and tapioca but prepackaged pudding cups dont even scratch the surface of global pudding varietiesthe term can denote dishes containing candied fruits and nuts or even frugal blends of little more than flour and suet. A Global History explains how puddings developed from their early savory sausage-like mixtures into the sweet and sticky confections we are now familiar with and he describes how advances in kitchen equipment have changed puddings over time. Tackling blood bread rice batter and vegetable puddings Jeri Quinzio describes the diverse ways cooks around the world make their puddings and how versions from different countries varyEnglands rice pudding for instance is flavored with vanilla nutmeg or cinnamon whereas in India it is made with nuts or raisins. In addition to investigating the history of puddings on the dining table Quinzio also looks at the prominent place puddings have had in novels poems songs and cartoons. He shows how authors and artists like Anthony Trollope Robert Burns and George Cruikshank have used puddings to illustrate their characters sorrows joys and even political leanings. Bursting with choice morsels about puddings past and present this is a book for fans of blood pudding and plum pudding alike.
language: English
title: Pudding: A Global History
publisher: Reaktion Books