Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

nating history, Wilson reveals the myriad innovations that have shaped our diets today. An insightful look at how we’ve changed food and how food has changed us, Consider the Fork reveals the astonishing ways in which the implements we use in the kitchen affect what we eat, how we eat, and how we relate to food.

About the Author :
Bee Wilson is a food writer, historian, and author of three previous books, including Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee, which was named a BBC 4 Book of the Week. Wilson served as the food columnist for the New Statesman for five years, and currently writes a weekly food column for The Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine. She was named BBC Radio's Food Writer of the year in 2002, and was a Guild of Food Writers Food Journalist of the Year in 2004, 2008, and 2009. Wilson's writing has also appeared in The Sunday Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker, and The London Review of Books. Wilson earned her PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge and also attended the University of Pennsylvania on a Thouron Award fellowship.

Review :
Richard Wrangham, author of "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human" "A fast-paced and mind-opening investigation into the quirky stories behind our daily interactions with food."Paul Levy, editor of "The Penguin Book of Food and Drink ""I was so enthralled by Bee Wilson's new book that I found it hard to put down. As always she is a completely reliable guide to her subject, and this history of how we cook and eat is full of surprises--how human table manners have changed our bodies, and how technological changes can affect our personal tastes in food. Her authority is complete, her scholarship lightly worn, and her writing terrific." Philip Zelikow, Associate Dean for the Graduate School & White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia"Aida Donald has brought a keen focus back on Harry Truman the person. Not so much a policy tome, this is about the interior life of a decent, seemingly ordinary person--a kind of real life 'Mr. Smith'--finding himself drawn more and more to the center of a very messy political world. The more we recognize Truman as a common man, the more we recognize in him a bit of ourselves, the more we appreciate the way he learns and copes with choices, great and terrible, that marked an age. Donald wears her deep knowledge lightly; her portraiture is swift yet thoughtful." "Publishers Weekly," Starred Review"Some of humanity's least sung but most vital gadgets are celebrated in this delicious history of cooking technology. . . . Wilson is erudite and whip-smart, but she always grounds her exploration of technological change in the perspective of the eternal harried cook--she's been one--struggling to put a meal on the table. This is mouthwatering history: broad in scope, rich in detail, stuffed with savory food for thought." John Donohue, editor of "Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for their Families""Bee Wilson's surprising history of common kitchen tools makes for a roiling read that's c