Bee Wilson is the food writer and historian who writes as the Kitchen Thinker in the Sunday Telegraph and is the author of Swindled Her charming and original new book Consider the Fork explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live This is the story of how we have tamed fire and ice wielded whisks spoons graters mashers pestles and mortars all in the name of feeding ourselves Bee Wilson takes us on an enchanting culinary journey through the incredible creations inventions and obsessions that have shaped how and what we cook From huge Tudor open fires to sous vide machines the birth of the fork to Roman gadgets Consider the Fork is the previously unsung history of our kitchens Bee Wilson writes a weekly food column The Kitchen Thinker in The Sunday Telegraph for which she has three times been named the Guild of Food Writers Food Journalist of the Year Her previous books include The Hive The Story of the Honeybee and Us and Swindled Before she became a food writer she was a Research Fellow in History at St John s College Cambridge She has also been a semi finalist on Masterchef Her favourite kitchen implement is currently the potato ricer A cracking good read as enjoyable as it is enlighteni
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141049083
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 416
Tiempo de lectura:
8h 36m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 24/10/2013
Año de edición: 2013
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Escrito por Bee Wilson
Conocida historiadora, crítica gastronómica y articulista que se ha especializado en la comida y en todo lo que la rodea. Ha escrito para medios como The Guardian, The Sunday Times y The New Yorker. Su libro El primer bocado (Turner, 2016) ganó una mención especial en los André Simon Book Awards de 2015.