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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Creating pots and pans for cooking ranks among the most significant breakthroughs in all human history ever.
Chapter 3: Fire’s role has remained the greatest constant throughout the long history of cooking and eating everywhere.
Chapter 4: Refrigeration has transformed how we approach cooking and eating today.
Chapter 5: Our culture, eating habits, and even anatomy are shaped by the cutlery we use.
Chapter 6: The ways we eat and cook depend greatly on the culture we inhabit now.
Chapter 7: Measuring in cooking has long sparked continual curiosity and evolution throughout the past several centuries among cooks and bakers worldwide.
Chapter 8: We prefer our culinary world unchanged, yet our ways of cooking and eating will continue to evolve regardless forward.
Description
Eating and cooking have always been crucial to our survival, but over time they have also become a subject of cultural and scientific interest. In Consider the Fork (2012), author Bee Wilson blends history, anthropology and technology to tell the fascinating story of the evolution of cooking, while also taking a closer look at the creation of cooking tools and how they have shaped our culture and eating behavior.
Who Should Listen
- Cooking fans and food lovers
- Anyone interested in the history and development of food
- People fascinated by the connections between food and culture