All Consuming

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Hype restaurants. Allrecipes. The Great British Bake Off . Food dominates our every waking minute. In this dazzling cultural history, acclaimed food writer Ruby Tandoh traces the story of how—and why—we’ve all became foodies. “Who isn’t a food person these days? … Foodie-ism has become more than just a subculture, it is the culture.” How, in the space of a few decades, has food gone from “fact of life” to “national past time”; something to be thought about—and talked about—24/7? In this startlin