An absorbing look at the implements we use to prepare food is also a story of human ingenuity

Open your kitchen drawers and cupboards and the chances are that you will see there are a spectacular array of implements. Slicers, mashers, peelers, crushers and parers are only the start of it: there are also those cumbersome white elephants that once promised a healthy, more authentic culinary experience, such as the breadmaker, the juicer and the pasta maker.

In her wonderful new book, food writer Bee Wilson unpacks the paraphernalia of the average kitchen and shows that at the heart of the batterie de cuisine there are few basic requirements. Fire, a pot and a knife are all that’s needed to create food – a spoon will help with eating it.

Full article on the Guardian

Categories: Cookbooks, The Guardian