LoginConsider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
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Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious—or at least edible. Tools shape what we eat, but they have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson provides a wonderful and witty tour of the evolution of cooking around the world, revealing the hidden history of everyday objects we often take for granted. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen, but also the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a woode
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
Release date: 8 October 2013
ISBN-10 : 0465056970 | ISBN-13: 9780465056972
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Release date: 8 October 2013
ISBN-10 : 0465056970 | ISBN-13: 9780465056972
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