The Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson

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Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2020 ‘Addresses the paradox of our age: why as we become progressively wealthier, our diets become ever poorer . . . the villains of the piece are familiar and plentiful and Wilson lays them bare’ The Times

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The Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson

Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2020 ‘Addresses the paradox of our age: why as we become progressively wealthier, our diets become ever poorer . . . the villains of the piece are familiar and plentiful and Wilson lays them bare’ The Times A riveting exploration of the hidden forces behind what we eat, The Way We Eat Now explains how modern food has transformed our lives and our world. To re-establish eating as something that gives us both joy and health, we need to find out where we are right now, how we got here and where we're going. 'My Ultra-Processed journey began when someone sent me [Bee Wilson's] article in the Guardian – it remains the definitive work in my view and her writing continues to inspire so much of what I do' Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People ‘As she wrestles with how and what we eat Bee Wilson is fearless, rigorous, compassionate and totally readable. Thank God we have her’ Diana Henry

‘Bee Wilson weaves staggering information and fascinating insights into a gripping and inspiring story that is both fairytale and horror storyA brilliant must-read about what touches us all’ Claudia Roden

‘Bee Wilson’s fascinating book is a guide to the future of food and how we eat and will be eating. Meticulously researched and written brilliantly’ Ken Hom

‘As she wrestles with how and what we eat Bee Wilson is fearless, rigorous, compassionate and totally readable. Thank God we have her’ Diana Henry

‘Bee Wilson once again proves herself one of the world’s most compelling voices in journalism … This book should be required reading for everyone’ Darra Goldstein

‘This is urgent reading. Bee Wilson writes with a deep understanding of the problems posed by the way we eat today, but she never loses sight of her own love for the joy and promise and power of eating well. I always walk away from her writing feeling more hopeful than despondent, resolved to do better for myself, my family, and the planet’ Chris Ying

Bee Wilson is an acclaimed food writer, historian and author of five other books, including Consider the Fork, First Bite, Swindled and This Is Not A Diet Book. Her first cookbook The Secret of Cooking won a Guild of Food Writers award for Best General Cookbook. She writes about food and other subjects for a wide range of publications including the Guardian and the London Review of Books. She has been named BBC Radio Four's Food Writer of the Year and Fortnum & Mason Food Writer 2018. She lives in Cambridge.

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ISBN 13 9780008240783
ISBN 10 0008240787
Title The Way We Eat Now
Author Bee Wilson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2020-01-09
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.