Be it a birthday or a wedding--let them eat cake. Encased in icing, crowned with candles, emblazoned with congratulatory words--cake is the ultimate food of celebration in many cultures around the world. But how did cake come to be the essential food marker of a significant occasion? In Cake: A Global History, Nicola Humble explores the meanings, legends, rituals, and symbolism attached to cake through the ages. Humble describes the...