Consider the fork [electronic resource] : a history of how we cook and eat / Bee Wilson ; with illustrations by Annabel Lee.
Wilson, Bee.
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 book)
9780465021765
046502176X
0465033326 (electronic book)
Imprint New York : Basic Books, c2012.
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 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-310) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
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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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