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

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

Bee Wilson

327 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

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Award-winning food writer Bee Wilson's secret history of kitchens, showing how new technologies - from the fork to the microwave and beyond - have fundamentally shaped how and what we eat. Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, ...

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informative 98%
lighthearted 36%
reflective 30%
funny 16%
inspiring 8%
relaxing 8%
emotional 1%
hopeful 1%

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slow 27%
fast 8%

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