Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious-or at least edible. Tools shape what we eat, but they have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. It can also mean the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet, chopsticks and forks.

In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson provides a wonderful and witty tour of the...

A heady and original exploration of how the implements we use in the kitchen shape the way we cook.

The story of the inspiring relationship between bees, their hive and the human world, brilliantly reviewed in hardback

Salmonella, toxins, additives, food scares. Have you ever wondered how our food has become so untrustworthy? Via a fascinating mix of food politics, history & culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many methods by which swindlers have tampered with our food throughout history.

Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2016

Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2020 'Addresses the paradox of our age: why as we become progressively wealthier, our diets become ever poorer . . . the villains of the piece are familiar and plentiful and Wilson lays them bare' The Times