Second Helpings, Please!
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The Pavlova Story
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The Pavlova Story
A Slice of New Zealand's Culinary History
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While Australians and New Zealanders have long debated which country invented the pavlova (a large meringue dessert cake said to emulate the lightness of the famous ballerina, Anna Pavlova), the real story of the ballerina's visit to the Antipodes and the emergence of three different pavlovas was neglected.
Helen Leach ONZM is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. She has a special interest in the anthropology of domestic life, including cooking and gardening. With her sisters Mary Browne and Nancy Tichborne, she has co-authored ten books on growing and cooking vegetables and on bread making. Her most recent book is Kitchens, a history of the New Zealand kitchen in the 20th century. She was awarded a Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Medal for contributions in Garden History in 2008. In 2019 she became an Associate of Honour in the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (AHRIH).
- ISBN-13
- 9781877372575
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Imprint
- Otago University Press (NZ)
- Publication date
- 1 January 2008
- Format
- Hardback
- Pages
- 192
- Dimensions
- 254 x 152 mm
- Illustrations
- 69 b/w & colour illus
- Language
- English
