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The Heart-Shaped Tin

Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects

by Bee Wilson ...

**One NPR's Books We Love • One of Waterstones' Best Books of the Year“Heart-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure. No one is so good at capturing the everyday magic of kitchens, cooking, and life as Bee Wilson.” —Letitia Clark, author of Bitter Honey**One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson’s feet: the same one she had used to ... Read more

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**One NPR's Books We Love • One of Waterstones' Best Books of the Year“Heart-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure. No one is so good at capturing the everyday magic of kitchens, cooking, and life as Bee Wilson.” —Letitia Clark, author of Bitter Honey**One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson’s feet: the same one she had used to
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Consider the Fork

A History of How We Cook and Eat

by Bee Wilson ...

**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“Like having a long dinner table discussion with a fascinating friend…. A pure joy to read.”—Los Angeles Times**Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients ... Read more

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**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“Like having a long dinner table discussion with a fascinating friend…. A pure joy to read.”—Los Angeles Times**Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients
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The Way We Eat Now

How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World

by Bee Wilson ...

An award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats--and shows us how we can change it for the betterFood is one of life's great joys. So why has eating become such a source of anxiety and confusion?Bee Wilson shows that in two generations the world has undergone a massive shift from traditional, limited diets to more globalized ways of eating, from bubble tea to quinoa, ... Read more

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An award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats--and shows us how we can change it for the betterFood is one of life's great joys. So why has eating become such a source of anxiety and confusion?Bee Wilson shows that in two generations the world has undergone a massive shift from traditional, limited diets to more globalized ways of eating, from bubble tea to quinoa,
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First Bite

How We Learn to Eat

by Bee Wilson ...

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?In First Bite, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food ... Read more

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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?In First Bite, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food
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Swindled

The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee

by Bee Wilson ...

Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it. Through a fascinating mixture of cultural and scientific history, food politics, and culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified, and even poisoned our food throughout history. In the hands of people and corporations who have prized profits above the health of consumers, food and drink have been tampered ... Read more

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Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it. Through a fascinating mixture of cultural and scientific history, food politics, and culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified, and even poisoned our food throughout history. In the hands of people and corporations who have prized profits above the health of consumers, food and drink have been tampered
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The Secret of Cooking

Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen

by Bee Wilson ...

**One of The New Yorker's Fifteen Essential Cookbooks • A New York Times, WBUR Here & Now, and National Post Best Cookbook of 2023 • An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick • One of the Guardian UK's Five Best Food Books of 2023A culinary companion to simplify cooking while making it more enjoyable, The Secret of Cooking is packed with solutions for how to make life in the kitchen work better for you, ... Read more

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**One of The New Yorker's Fifteen Essential Cookbooks • A New York Times, WBUR Here & Now, and National Post Best Cookbook of 2023 • An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick • One of the Guardian UK's Five Best Food Books of 2023A culinary companion to simplify cooking while making it more enjoyable, The Secret of Cooking is packed with solutions for how to make life in the kitchen work better for you,
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The Hive

The Story of the Honeybee and Us

by Bee Wilson ...

Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification so passionate, persistent, or fantastical.The Hive recounts the astonishing tale of all the weird and wonderful things that humans believed about ... Read more

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Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification so passionate, persistent, or fantastical.The Hive recounts the astonishing tale of all the weird and wonderful things that humans believed about
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Cooking Alone

by Kathleen Le Riche ...

Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, bedsitter or bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem introduced by Bee Wilson is ' wonderful ... funny and full of charm' (India Knight) including 'lots of ideas worth nicking' (Rachel Cooke)The Career Woman (who buys a chicken as a treat)The Bedsitter (who experiments with newfangled gadgets)The Old Lady (who feeds her menagerie of pets)... ... Read more

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Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, bedsitter or bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem introduced by Bee Wilson is ' wonderful ... funny and full of charm' (India Knight) including 'lots of ideas worth nicking' (Rachel Cooke)The Career Woman (who buys a chicken as a treat)The Bedsitter (who experiments with newfangled gadgets)The Old Lady (who feeds her menagerie of pets)...
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How to Jug a Hare

The Telegraph Book of the Kitchen

Edited by Sarah Rainey ...

Featuring a forward by a bestselling food writer from The Telegraph, this collection from the newspaper's archives celebrates all things culinary.The opening of the Savoy in 1889, with Auguste Escoffier at the helm of its kitchen, rang in the new era of the celebrity chef. Though food is intrinsic to our very existence, the public's interest was piqued and our pursuit of gastronomy has been on the ... Read more

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Featuring a forward by a bestselling food writer from The Telegraph, this collection from the newspaper's archives celebrates all things culinary.The opening of the Savoy in 1889, with Auguste Escoffier at the helm of its kitchen, rang in the new era of the celebrity chef. Though food is intrinsic to our very existence, the public's interest was piqued and our pursuit of gastronomy has been on the
... Read more
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper

A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

by Fuchsia Dunlop ...

The modern classic that redefined the travel food memoir, with a new foreword from Bee Wilson.Fuchsia Dunlop, the first Westerner to train at the prestigious Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, “has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone” (Julia Moskin, New York Times). In Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper, Dunlop recalls her rapturous encounters with China’s ... Read more

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The modern classic that redefined the travel food memoir, with a new foreword from Bee Wilson.Fuchsia Dunlop, the first Westerner to train at the prestigious Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, “has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone” (Julia Moskin, New York Times). In Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper, Dunlop recalls her rapturous encounters with China’s
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Sandwich

A Global History

by Bee Wilson ...

Series Book 13 - RB-Edible
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 ... Read more

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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
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Sylvia Plath's Tomato Soup Cake

Nigella Lawson: 'Absolutely ideal Christmas present!'

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Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson.Agatha Christie's hot bean salad.Jack Kerouac's green pea soup.Joan Didion's Mexican chicken.Allen Ginsberg's cold summer borscht.Daphne du Maurier's sloe gin.Christopher Isherwood's brownies.George Orwell's plum cake.Have you ever wondered w... ... Read more

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Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson.Agatha Christie's hot bean salad.Jack Kerouac's green pea soup.Joan Didion's Mexican chicken.Allen Ginsberg's cold summer borscht.Daphne du Maurier's sloe gin.Christopher Isherwood's brownies.George Orwell's plum cake.Have you ever wondered w...
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