Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12843
Title: James Bond and the Art of Eating Eggs
Contributor(s): Hale, Elizabeth  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1525/GFC.2012.12.4.84
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12843
Abstract: James Bond eats a lot of eggs. He eats them in every one of Ian Fleming's twelve Bond novels. He eats eggs scrambled, fried, boiled, shirred, and 'en cocotte', as well as in omelettes, soufflés, and béarnaise sauce, and in a hangover cure known as a "prairie oyster." In one of the short stories, '007 in New York', Bond even teaches others how to prepare scrambled eggs "for four individualists." ... In Bond's (and Fleming's) hands, the humble household dish of scrambled eggs becomes elegant, assured, and sexy - combining simplicity and luxury, individualism and sharing, hedonism and comfort. Indeed, eggs, I will argue, are emblematic of Bond's paradoxical qualities, being sometimes universally accessible, sometimes exclusive, and being individual entities able to be eaten (or to act) alone, but also successful binding agents - essential ingredients, one might say, of more complex and inclusive dishes, activities, or institutions. I'll also make the case that Bond's enjoyment of eggs operates as an index of his character when viewed in the context of poshvar British consumption habits (both individual and mass) and in the context of symbolic resonances of identity, gender, death, and life.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, 12(4), p. 84-90
Publisher: University of California Press
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1533-8622
1529-3262
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 200503 British and Irish Literature
200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality
200203 Consumption and Everyday Life
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 470504 British and Irish literature
440504 Gender relations
470203 Consumption and everyday life
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 950203 Languages and Literature
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130203 Literature
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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