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Dec. 28, 2012
'Consider the Fork' Chronicles Evolution of Eating
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Did you know that the human overbite may have evolved after people began using forks and knives? In Consider the Fork, author Bee Wilson traces how kitchen tools -- from knives to pots to gas stoves -- have changed over time, and how they have influenced what, and how, we eat.
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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer
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Bee Wilson
Food Writer and Historian
Author, "Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat" (Basic Books, 2012)
Cambridge, England
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
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