Consider the fork : a history of how we cook and eat [WorldCat Entities]

"History of how we cook and eat"@en
"A history of how we cook and eat"@en
"A history of how we cook and eat"

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"Kochen boomt und Essen ist Lebensstil - jedenfalls in reichen Gesellschaften. Wir sind Produktkenner und Rezeptsammler, aber über die "Hardware" in unseren Küchen wissen wir relativ wenig. Dabei muss die Kartoffel geschält, die Artischocke gekocht und der Pfeffer zerstossen werden, bevor sie Teil einer Mahlzeit werden, die wir uns - zum Beispiel mit einer Gabel - in den Mund schieben. In einem faszinierenden Streifzug durch die Kulturen der Welt widmet sich Bee Wilson, selbst passionierte Köchin mit einer Schwäche für Messbecher, den heimlichen Stars der Küche: dem Messer, dem Topf und den anderen Koch- und Esswerkzeugen. Sie führt uns von den prähistorischen Feuerstellen in Afrika bis an den Induktionsherd in mitteleuropäischen Luxusküchen. Wir sind zu Gast bei den Kochkünstlern der Zhou-Dynastie und an den Höfen der europäischen Renaissancefürsten. Wir bewundern das Kupfergeschirr in der viktorianischen Grossküche und die Rationalität der "Frankfurter Küche". Und wir erfahren, wie der Kochtopf unseren Vorfahren die Zähne gerettet, der Schneebesen die Backkultur und der Kühlschrank das Leben der Menschen revolutioniert hat - wie die Gerätschaften nicht nur bestimmen, wie, sondern auch, was wir kochen und essen. Eine hinreissende Hommage auf die Kulturtechnik, die uns am Leben hält, und auf den menschlichen Erfindungsgeist. Bee Wilson, geboren 1974, studierte in Cambridge Ideengeschichte, bevor sie sich als Gastrokritikerin einen Namen machte. Ihre Artikel - zum Beispiel über die Geschichte des Brotes oder Hitlers Ernährungsgewohnheiten - wurden unter anderem in derLondon Review of Booksund imNew Yorkerpubliziert. Die Guild of Food Writers kürte sie mehrfach zur Journalistin des Jahres."
""Wilson's book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and mores through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. This book tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology"--"@en
""Wilson's book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and mores through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. This book tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology""
"This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and mores through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. It tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology. From the birth of the fork in Italy as it discovered pasta, to culture wars over spoons in Restoration England, and tests for how to choose the perfect pan, this book examines the incredible creations that have shaped how and what we cook. Encompassing inventors, scientists, cooks and chefs, this is the previously unsung history of our kitchens."@en
""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. 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. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen, but also the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet, chopsticks and forks. 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 savor."--Back cover."@en
"This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and more through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. It tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology. From the birth of the fork in Italy as it discovered pasta, to culture wars over spoons in Restoration England, and tests for how to choose the perfect pan, this book examines the incredible creations that have shaped how and what we cook. Encompassing inventors, scientists, cooks and chefs, this is the previously unsung history of our kitchens."@en
"This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and more through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. It tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology. From the birth of the fork in Italy as it discovered pasta, to culture wars over spoons in Restoration England, and tests for how to choose the perfect pan, this book examines the incredible creations that have shaped how and what we cook. Encompassing inventors, scientists, cooks and chefs, this is the previously unsung history of our kitchens."