Bee Wilson
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Language
English
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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...
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Physical Desc
xxix, 356 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Language
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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xi, 420 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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A 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, whether you're cooking for yourself or for a crowd.
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...