Food Reading List #1: 'The Way we Eat' - Bee Wilson
I've been teaching a lot about food this year, and exploring all sorts of side avenues on the background to food.
I've also been exploring some work related to various organisations who are connected with food and farming.
The Guardian had an article which was an extract from a recent book by Bee Wilson.
It talks about the way that much of what we eat has been engineered over the years.
Grapes, for example, have become a piece of engineering designed to please modern eaters. Think about the fact that most of us will eat seedless varieties, created so that we don't have the inconvenience of having to take out the seeds. They have also been modified to be sweeter than the usual grapes which would have gone to make wine rather than been put on a cheeseboard.
There's a sub-plot of course with the Brexit debacle which threatens our food supply chain (with 30% of our food coming from EU countries, and more coming from non-EU European countries...) and also price rises due to tariff changes.
I've also been exploring some work related to various organisations who are connected with food and farming.
The Guardian had an article which was an extract from a recent book by Bee Wilson.
It is called The Way we Eat Now, and I have a copy in my GeoLibrary.
It talks about the way that much of what we eat has been engineered over the years.
Grapes, for example, have become a piece of engineering designed to please modern eaters. Think about the fact that most of us will eat seedless varieties, created so that we don't have the inconvenience of having to take out the seeds. They have also been modified to be sweeter than the usual grapes which would have gone to make wine rather than been put on a cheeseboard.
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