Technokitchen

Informationen zum Autor 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. She has been named BBC Radio's Food Writer of the Year and is a three-time Guild of Food Writers' Food Journalist of the Year. 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 holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Cambridge, and lives in Cambridge, England. Klappentext An award-winning food writer reveals the secret history of kitchens, showing how technological innovations--from the mortar and pestle to the microwave and modern science--have shaped how and what people eat. 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. Zusammenfassung Since prehistory! humans have braved sharp knives! fire! and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious!or at least edible. Tools shape what we eat! but they have also transformed how we consume! and how we think about! our food. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. It can also mean the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet! chopsticks and forks. In Consider the Fork ! award-winning food writer Bee Wilson provides a wonderful and witty tour of the evolution of cooking around the world! revealing the hidden history of everyday objects we often take for granted. Knives!perhaps our most important gastronomic tool!predate the discovery of fire! whereas the fork endured centuries of ridicule before gaining widespread acceptance pots and pans have been around for millennia! while plates are a relatively recent invention. Many once-new technologies have become essential elements of any well-stocked kitchen!mortars and pestles! serrated knives! stainless steel pots! refrigerators. Others have proved only passing fancies! or were supplanted by better technologies one would be hard pressed now to find a water-powered egg whisk! a magnet-operated spit roaster! a cider owl! or a turnspit dog. Although many tools have disappeared from the modern kitchen! they have left us with traditions! tastes! and even physical characteristics that we would never have possessed otherwise.Blending history! science! and anthropology! Wilson reveals how our culinary tools and tricks came to be! and how their influence has shaped modern food culture. The story of how we have tamed fire and ice and wielded whisks! spoons! and graters! all for the sake of putting food in our mouths! Consider the Fork is truly a book to savour. ...

About the author

Bee Wilson is a celebrated food writer, food historian, and author of nine books, including The Secret of Cooking. She writes for publications including The Guardian and The New York Times and lives in Cambridge, England.

Summary

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, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious -- or at least edible. But these tools have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson takes readers on a wonderful and witty tour of the evolution of cooking around the world, revealing the hidden history of objects we often take for granted. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide machines of the modern kitchen, but also the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet, chopsticks and forks. Blending history, science, and personal anecdotes, Wilson reveals how our culinary tools and tricks came to be and how their influence has shaped food culture today. The story of how we have tamed fire and ice and wielded whisks, spoons, and graters, all for the sake of putting food in our mouths, Consider the Fork is truly a book to savor.

Product details

• Authors: Bee Wilson, Wilson Bee
• Assisted by: Annabel Lee (Illustration)
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2012
• EAN: 9780465021765
• ISBN: 978-0-465-02176-5
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; HISTORY / Social History, COOKING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General