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

'This book can't give you a six-pack in seven days or the skin of a supermodel. But I can promise that if you make even a few of these adjustments, your eating life will alter for the better in ways that you can sustain.'

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