A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ‘A genuinely game-changing cook book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Notes from a lifetime of reading, thinking, cooking and eating’ Diana Henry
Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it.
Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves.
Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2016
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
The story of the inspiring relationship between bees, their hive and the human world, brilliantly reviewed in hardback
**A 2025 book to look out for by the Guardian and Sunday Times** This strikingly original account from award-winning food writer Bee Wilson charts how everyday objects take on deeply personal meanings in all our lives.
One NPR's Books We Love * One of Waterstones' Best Books of the Year“Heart-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure. No one is so good at capturing the everyday magic of kitchens, cooking, and life as Bee Wilson.” —Letitia Clark, author of Bitter Honey
One NPR's Books We Love * One of Waterstones' Best Books of the Year“Heart-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure. No one is so good at capturing the everyday magic of kitchens, cooking, and life as Bee Wilson.” —Letitia Clark, author of Bitter Honey