Consider the fork [electronic resource] : a history of how we cook and eat / Bee Wilson ; with illustrations by Annabel Lee.
2012
TX656 .W56 2012eb
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Title
Consider the fork [electronic resource] : a history of how we cook and eat / Bee Wilson ; with illustrations by Annabel Lee.
Author
Wilson, Bee.
ISBN
9780465033324 (electronic bk.)
0465033326 (electronic bk.)
9780465021765
046502176X
0465033326 (electronic bk.)
9780465021765
046502176X
Publication Details
New York : Basic Books, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 327 p.) : ill.
Call Number
TX656 .W56 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
643/.3
Summary
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 spoons in Restoration England, and tests for how to choose the perfect pan, this book examines the incredible creations that have 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on print version record.
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Lee, Annabel, 1966-
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Table of Contents
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.
Knife: with mezzaluna
Fire: with toaster
Measure: with egg timer
Grind: with nutmeg grater
Eat: with tongs
Ice: with molds
Kitchen: with coffee.