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Bee Wilson
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Consider the Fork: A History of Invention in the Kitchen |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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416 |
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2012-10-25 |
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1846143403 |
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Particular Books |
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1.37 pounds |
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1.46 x 6.38 x 8.66 inches |
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First Edition |
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HardCover. Pub Date :2012-10-25 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: Particular Books Bee Wilson is the beloved food writer and historian who writes as the Kitchen Thinker in the Sunday Telegraph. and is the author of Swindled!. Her charming and original new book. Consider the Fork. explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live.A wooden spoon - most trusty and loveable of kitchen implements - looks like the opposite of technology. as the word is normally understood. But look closer. Is it oval or round Does it have an extra-long handle to give your hand a place of greater safety from a hot skillet Or a pointy bit at one side to get the lumpy bits in the corner of the pan 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 s...
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