Bee Wilson
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This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and mores through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. It tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology. From the birth of the fork in Italy as it discovered pasta, to culture wars over spoons in Restoration...
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2010
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English
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The humble peanut butter and jelly or bologna and cheese or corned beef on rye—no matter your cooking expertise, chances are you've made and eaten countless sandwiches in your lifetime. It's quick, it's simple, and it's open to infinite variety and inventiveness. If there's something bread- or bun-like in your cupboard, there is a sandwich waiting to happen.
Though sandwiches are a near-universal food, their origin can be traced to
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"In First Bite, acclaimed food historian Bee Wilson delves deep into the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. We do not come into the world with an innate sense of taste or nutrition as omnivores, we have to learn how and what to eat, how sweet is too sweet and what food will give us the most energy for the coming...
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Basic Books
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2019.
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xxix, 356 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
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English
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"In just two generations, the world has undergone a massive shift from traditional, limited diets to more globalized ways of eating-- from bubble tea to quinoa, Soylent to meal kits. Paradoxically, our diets are getting healthier and less healthy at the same time. For some, there has never been a happier food era than today: a time of unusual herbs, farmers' markets, and internet recipe swaps. Yet modern food also kills-- diabetes and heart disease...
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La alimentación tiene un enorme impacto en nuestra salud y también en la del planeta. Y el abanico de opciones es tan amplio que una dieta puede reflejar lo mejor de nuestra época y al mismo tiempo lo peor. Las decisiones que tomamos sobre lo que comemos no solo influyen en nosotros, sino también en la biodiversidad, el paisaje, la sociedad o la economía global.
Bee Wilson va más allá de las modas y de los consejos pasajeros. Recoge de investigaciones...
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Todos nacemos sabiendo comer, pero aprender a elegir qué comemos nos cuesta un poco más. Nuestra relación con la comida se forja bocado a bocado, desde el primero. ¿Por qué tenemos gustos tan diferentes? ¿Por qué nos sentimos incapaces de cambiar de hábitos? ¿Hay esperanza de cambiar después de la infancia? Bee Wilson analiza paso a paso las etapas en la creación de hábitos alimenticios (buenos y malos), desde el vientre materno hasta...
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La historia de los cacharros, tecnologías y costumbres que definen las cocinas de ayer y de hoy, de la cuchara de madera al último robot de cocina. Un libro que nos abre los ojos sobre la inagotable inventiva que encierran nuestras cacerolas, fogones, refrigeradores o vajillas. Investiga la historia de los diferentes métodos de cocinar y servir a lo largo de los tiempos y en los diferentes países: muy distinto de las historias gastronómicas al...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009" "Shortlisted for the 2008 André Simon Book Awards" Bee Wilson is the author of The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us. She writes a weekly food column for London's Sunday Telegraph and is a former food critic for the New Statesman. She has been named Food Journalist of the Year by the Guild of Food Writers and Food Writer of the Year by BBC Radio 4.
Bad food has a history. Swindled tells...