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

"Like having a long dinner table discussion with a fascinating friend ... A pure joy to read." -Los Angeles Times

"Delightful ... [An] ebulliently written and unobtrusively learned survey." -Harper's Magazine

Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients i...