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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books , c2012.Description: xxiii, 327 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780465056972
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 643.3 WIL
LOC classification:
  • TX656 .W56 2012
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 moulds -- Kitchen : with coffee.
Summary: "Wilson's 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. This book 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. 643.3 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 067484

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-317) and index.

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 moulds -- Kitchen : with coffee.

"Wilson's 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. This book 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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