Testicles : balls in cooking and culture / Blandine Vié ; translated from the French by Giles MacDonogh.

Devon : Prospect Books, 2011.

224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Originally published as "Testicules" in Paris by Les Éditions de l'Épure in 2005.

Buying balls in Britain -- A testicle to serve as introduction -- Mythology : Testicultural foreplay ; A short etymology ; Euphemisms and prudish expressions ; The symbolism of numbers ; Metaphors ; Testicles and virility ; Reproductive organs ; Testes in the kitchen--symbol and myth ; Conclusion ; Words and expressions that feature 'them' ; A load of old bollocks -- Method -- Recipes -- Attributes : a lexicon of human testicular terms.