MDDM23: Croissant

[Dave Monroe]

"'You could not find this even in Bethlehem at
Christmastide.'  The object is a Croissant,-- 'a sort
of ev'ryday Roll among the French, who put Butter in
all they cook, Madam,' the worldly Mr. Edgewise
instructs her,--" (M&D, Ch. 36, p. 268)

Main Entry: crois·sant  
Pronunciation: kro-'sänt, kr&-; krwä-'sän
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural croissants  /-'sänt(s),
-'sän(z)/
Etymology: French, literally, crescent, from Middle
French creissant
Date: 1899
: a flaky rich crescent-shaped roll

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See, e.g. ...

http://www.pastrychef.com/htmlpages/recipes/croissant.html

http://www.recipesource.com/baked-goods/pastries/01/rec0174.html

>From Gilles Deleuze, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque
(trans. Tom Conley, Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P,
1993), Ch. I, "The Fold," pp. 3-38 ...

"The Baroque refers not to an essence but rather to an
operative function, to a trait.  It endlessly produces
folds.  It does not invent things: there are all kinds
of folds coming from the East, Greek, Roman,
Romanesque, Gothic, Classical folds....  Yet the
Baroque trait twists and turns its folds, pushing them
to infinity, fold over fold, one upon the other.  The
Baroque fold unfurls all the way to infinity.[...]  A
labyrinth is said, etymologically, to be multiple
because it contains many folds.  The multiple is not
only what has many parts but also what is folded in
many ways." (p.3; unbracketed ellipses in text)

Main Entry: mul·ti·ple 
Pronunciation: 'm&l-t&-p&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from Latin multiplex, from multi- +
-plex -fold -- more at -FOLD
Date: 1647
1 : consisting of, including, or involving more than
one <multiple births>
2 : MANY, MANIFOLD <multiple achievements> ...

Main Entry: fold
Function: noun
Date: 13th century
1 : a part doubled or laid over another part : PLEAT
2 : something that is folded together or that enfolds
3 a : a bend or flexure produced in rock by forces
operative after the depositing or consolidation of the
rock b chiefly British : an undulation in the
landscape ...

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Pli selon pli ...

http://mac-texier.ircam.fr/compositeurs/textes/c00000011/n00000295/

Fold upon fold ...

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