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A review by mpop
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
4.0
This was pretty interesting. It was also a fairly easy and entertaining read, although I found myself putting it down and picking it up again a lot instead of plowing straight through. I learned a lot, and one of these days you can bet that I'll be putting flour in the bottom of a pan to see where the stove burner hot spots are.
The notes in the back were nice, but I prefer footnote style for references. Some of the broader arguments about why certain innovations did or didn’t happen were a little sketchy to me, and I would’ve liked to see more references directly associated with those arguments. But most of the information was believable and interesting.
It is Western-centric, mostly focused on UK/US. Early on there was a bit more discussion of China and I was hopeful for a broader discussion, but references to countries in regions outside of Europe/the US were limited.
I'd recommend it to any kitchen dork (we know who we are).
The notes in the back were nice, but I prefer footnote style for references. Some of the broader arguments about why certain innovations did or didn’t happen were a little sketchy to me, and I would’ve liked to see more references directly associated with those arguments. But most of the information was believable and interesting.
It is Western-centric, mostly focused on UK/US. Early on there was a bit more discussion of China and I was hopeful for a broader discussion, but references to countries in regions outside of Europe/the US were limited.
I'd recommend it to any kitchen dork (we know who we are).