Consider the fork [electronic resource] : a history of how we cook and eat / Bee Wilson ; with illustrations by Annabel Lee.

9780465033324 (electronic book)
9780465021765
046502176X
0465033326 (electronic book)

New York : Basic Books, c2012.

English

1 online resource (xxiii, 327 p.) : ill.

TX656 .W56 2012eb

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This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and more 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-310) and index.

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