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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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"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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From the Publisher: 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 with in often horrifying ways-padded,...
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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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The secret of better home cooking is not the gadgets, chefs' tricks, or hidden ingredients. The secret is the person who cooks, the human standing at the stove bringing the words of the recipe to life. You carry into the kitchen your own particular tastes and values, passions and blind spots, and motivations for cooking-- or cutting corners. Wilson shows you how to make cooking less of a drag and more of a joy. All you need to start is a clean kitchen,...
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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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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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Award-winning food writer Fuchsia Dunlop went to live in China in 1994, and from the very beginning vowed to eat everything she was offered, no matter how alien and bizarre it seemed to her as a Westerner. In this extraordinary memoir, Fuchsia recalls her evolving relationship with China and its food, from her first rapturous encounter with the delicious cuisine of Sichuan Province, to brushes with corruption, environmental degradation and greed.In...
10) Tower
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August 1st, 1966, was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. TOWER combines archival footage with rotoscopic animation of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the...
