Bee Wilson

Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves.

Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it.

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

Describes the personalities and behaviors attributed to bee society by humans throughout history, in an account that offers insight into the role of bees in culture.

"Carefully crafted, astutely served, delicious, and nourishing: First Bite is a real treat." --Wall Street Journal...

"Leisurely but lively.... A pure joy to read."--Los Angeles Times...

award-winning food writer Bee Wilson's secret history of kitchens, showing how new technologies " from the fork to the microwave and beyond " have fundamentally shaped how and what we eat.

Sandwich: A Global History is the first book-length history of a seemingly humble food. Bee Wilson unravels the mystery of how the Fourth Earl of Sandwich could have 'invented' this most elementary way of eating, as well as describing sandwiches around the world, from the decadent meatball hoagie to the dainty cucumber sandwich.

It took countless inventions to get to the well-equipped kitchens we have now, where our old low-tech spoon is joined by mixers, freezers and microwaves, but the story of human invention in the kitchen is largely unseen. This book explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live.

Trawling through the archives, features writer Sarah Rainey, has read through the great and the good as well as the more nostalgic recipes and culinary contemplations.

We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a ?portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables?or not. But how does this education happen? What are the origins of taste?...