Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson (English) Pape

Description: Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A delightful and acclaimed exploration of how the implements we use in the kitchen shape the way we cookThis is the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Bee Wilson takes us on an enchanting culinary journey through the incredible creations, inventions and obsessions that have shaped how and what we cook. From huge Tudor open fires to sous-vide machines, the birth of the fork to Roman gadgets, Consider the Fork is the previously unsung history of our kitchens. Notes A heady and original exploration of how the implements we use in the kitchen shape the way we cook. Completely original, it comes from the popular food writer and historian, who writes every Sunday for the Telegraph as The Kitchen Thinker. Now available in paperback. Author Biography Bee Wilson writes a weekly food column, The Kitchen Thinker in The Sunday Telegraph, for which she has three times been named the Guild of Food Writers Food Journalist of the Year. Her previous books include The Hive- The Story of the Honeybee and Us and Swindled!. Before she became a food writer, she was a Research Fellow in History at St Johns College, Cambridge. She has also been a semi-finalist on Masterchef. Her favourite kitchen implement is currently the potato ricer. Review A cracking good read, as enjoyable as it is enlightening -- Raymond Blanc, Chef-Patron Le Manoir aux QuatSaisonsWonderful ... Witty, scholarly, utterly absorbing and fired by infectious curiosity -- Lucy Lethbridge * Observer *[A] delightfully informative history of cooking and eating from the prehistoric discovery of fire to twenty-first-century high-tech, low-temp soud-vide-style cookery * ELLE magazine *A graceful study -- Steven Poole * Guardian * Promotional This is the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Review Text A cracking good read, as enjoyable as it is enlightening Review Quote A cracking good read, as enjoyable as it is enlightening Promotional "Headline" This is the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Details ISBN0141049081 Author Bee Wilson Year 2013 ISBN-10 0141049081 ISBN-13 9780141049083 Media Book Pages 416 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle A History of How We Cook and Eat Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 643.3 Illustrations Illustrations Format Paperback Short Title Consider the Fork Language English UK Release Date 2013-10-24 Publication Date 2013-10-24 Alternative 9780141960852 Audience General NZ Release Date 2014-01-01 AU Release Date 2014-01-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:76895279;

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