A few lines after starting The importance of the fork, one notices that Bee Wilson She is an extraordinary storyteller. So it doesn't matter that your book basically talks about gastronomy for it to be interesting from a scientific point of view.
When finished The importance of the fork, I confirmed that initial conviction in solid cement, and closed the book thinking that I loved Bee Wilson. And I don't care what he writes: I know that I will always read everything that lights up his head, from now on.
A great storyteller
And it is to affirm that The importance of the fork is about gastronomy or about the history of the objects that our kitchen houses is a tremendously short fall. As short as an armstrong. Because Wilson addresses these topics, naturally, but he also addresses anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, science and many other disciplines that are mixed in a blender in a way that would have excited another Wilson, in this case Edward, author of Consilience: the unity of knowledge.
The Importance of the Fork. Stories, Inventions and Gadgets in the Kitchen (Noema)
So, entering the kitchen with Bee Wilson will not only allow us to learn how to make a good risotto (in a scientifically proven way), the reason why we continue using wooden ladles instead of ladles made of other more modern materials. , or what It is physically impossible to find suitable material for cooking. (any virtue will pay a tribute in the form of a defect on the other hand), but you will also learn from everything.
Bottom line: whether you know how to fry an egg or not, The importance of the fork It is an essential work. Because we all eat, and because the fork is more important than it seems.
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