Consider the fork : a history of how we cook and eat / Bee Wilson ; with illustrations by Annabel Lee.
This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and mores through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. It tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology. From the birth of the fork in Italy as it discovered pasta, to culture wars over shaped how and what we cook. Encompassing inventors, scientists, cooks and chefs, this is the previously unsung history of our kitchens.
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- ISBN: 9780465021765 (hardback)
- ISBN: 046502176X (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780465033324 (e-book)
- ISBN: 0465033326 (e-book)
- Physical Description: xxiii, 327 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-310) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pots and pans: with rice cooker -- Knife: with mezzaluna -- Fire: with toaster -- Measure: with egg timer -- Grind: with nutmeg grater -- Eat: with tongs -- Ice: with molds -- Kitchen: with coffee. |
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Subject: | Kitchen utensils > History. Cooking > History. Dinners and dining > History. HISTORY / Civilization. COOKING / History. SCIENCE / History. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science. |
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Homer Public Library | 643.3 WIL (Text) | 000100721 | Nonfiction | Available | - |