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A review by mchester24
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley
4.0
Heard about this book on the radio in an interview with the author and was immediately very interested in the idea— seemed like a very Mary Roach-like dive into what you don’t see in the world of global agriculture through cold chain. So when I saw it at the store bringing it home was a quick yes
What I got was not only that, but a really interesting big picture look at how technology changes the way we live in ways we don’t realize, the tendency to fall into the trap of assuming one technology is the only right solution, and an existential look at what global agriculture and food will look like in the coming years dominated by population growth, modernizing countries, and unabated climate change.
Since chapter one I had already started to look at the produce in my fridge, grocery store, farmer’s markets, and restaurants very differently. If you like the nerdy deep dive into the seemingly (though anything but) mundane while highlighting how fascinating the plastic bag carrying your broccoli can really be, you’ll fly through this one like I did.
What I got was not only that, but a really interesting big picture look at how technology changes the way we live in ways we don’t realize, the tendency to fall into the trap of assuming one technology is the only right solution, and an existential look at what global agriculture and food will look like in the coming years dominated by population growth, modernizing countries, and unabated climate change.
Since chapter one I had already started to look at the produce in my fridge, grocery store, farmer’s markets, and restaurants very differently. If you like the nerdy deep dive into the seemingly (though anything but) mundane while highlighting how fascinating the plastic bag carrying your broccoli can really be, you’ll fly through this one like I did.