A review of Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

I completed the 9 hours of audiobook of Bee Wilson's Consider the fork in 3 sittings, which is quite good. This is a quick review of the book.

The book is a history of common equipment used in kitchens everywhere: the oven, the pot, the pan, the peeler, the spoon, and so forth. Wilson takes us back thousands of years and walks us through the history of fire, of boiling, of biting and chewing, and brings us to the present day. She explains our relationship with food and the tools we use to manipulate them, and how tools shape us as much as we shape them. The book was way more than anything I was hoping to learn, and there is not a thing I felt was missing. It is quite exhaustive in covering the topics in deals with, and involves a wide array of topics too.

I realize I've been quite generous with my reviews lately, but this was quite amazing, even for the books I've read. I give it a solid 9.5, and recommend anybody with even a passing interest in kitchen gadgets or the history of cooking give it a read.