Cake: A Global HistoryReaders of the classics already know the answer to 'What's cake got to do with books and literature?' Proust's Madeleine and Miss Havisham's wedding cake in Dickens's Great Expectations make a great start. Both literary cakes feature in Nicola Humble's book Cake: A Global History : these cakes and so much more. In fact French cakes are about pleasure, English cakes about denial, and cakes of ...

Cake: A Global HistoryReaders of the classics already know the answer to 'What's cake got to do with books and literature?' Proust's Madeleine and Miss Havisham's wedding cake in Dickens's Great Expectations make a great start

Houston forecast: Hot, humid Thursday brings chance for afternoon showersHOUSTON – The Houston area can expect another hot, humid day on Thursday, bringing with it the chance for some last-minute showers before the holiday weekend. \"There are a couple of hints of a scattered showers and thunderstorms,\" 11 News Meteorologist David Paul said. \"But remember, those storms coming in from the north could kick off some locally heavy downpours.\" Morning temperatures began at ...