A review by jeffmauch
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

4.0

This book in an interesting look at the history that surrounds many of the things we take for granted in our kitchens and the kitchen itself. The amount of innovation and technology that occurs within the kitchen really is incredible. I don't think many of us realize just how little removed we are from ice boxes, cooking on a spit over open fires, or peeling vegetables without the use of a vegetable peeler. While each of these things seems like no big deal, the difference between now and what was 100 years ago or 300 years ago is astounding and the stories of how we go from there to here are at times humorous and fascinating.