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A review by cinchona
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
4.0
Although at first I dismissed this book as somewhat "book-reporty," I eventually fell into the rhythm of the facts and quotes and information and started to appreciate the comprehensive nature of her research. I found myself spouting little facts about the history of kitchen utensils to my friends over dinner, or observing for the first time the peculiar way my significant other uses his fork (in the British manner, despite being born and bred American.)
Overall, I grew to quite like this book while listening to it, and some of the sections--on forks and fridges, and the movement from roasting to oven cooking--were fascinating and I felt compelled to talk about them with people. There were dull sections that I wanted to cut out, but they were short enough to be tolerable. It's rather like the author is painting a picture with lots of short, small strokes, and some land astray and most land well enough so that a pleasing image is eventually formed.
The reader of the audiobook was very fun to listen to, particularly when doing an American accent for quotes, which was hilarious. I don't hear British people doing American accents very often and I found it quite funny.
Overall, I grew to quite like this book while listening to it, and some of the sections--on forks and fridges, and the movement from roasting to oven cooking--were fascinating and I felt compelled to talk about them with people. There were dull sections that I wanted to cut out, but they were short enough to be tolerable. It's rather like the author is painting a picture with lots of short, small strokes, and some land astray and most land well enough so that a pleasing image is eventually formed.
The reader of the audiobook was very fun to listen to, particularly when doing an American accent for quotes, which was hilarious. I don't hear British people doing American accents very often and I found it quite funny.