书目

Swindled

内容简介

Salmonella...toxins...additives...foodscares...Haveyoueverwonderedhowourfoodhasbecomesountrustworthy?Haveweeverbeenabletotrustwhatweeat?Viaafascinatingmixoffoodpolitics,historyandculinarydetectivework,BeeWilsonuncoversthemanymethodsbywhichswindlershavetamperedwithourfoodthroughouthistory.FromtheleadedwineofancientRometothefoodpiracyofthetwenty-firstcenturyweseetheextraordinarywaysfoodhasbeenpadded,poisoned,spiked,coloured,substituted,fakedandmislabelledeverywhereithasbeensold.BeeWilsonrevealsthestronghistoricalcurrentswhichenablethefraudsterstoflourish;thebattleofthescienceofdeceptionagainstthescienceofdetection;thestruggletoestablishreliablestandards.Shealsosuggestssomesmallwaysinwhichwecanallprotectourselvesfromswindlesandlearntotrustwhatweeatagain.

作者简介

BeeWilsonisanaward-winningfoodwriterandhistorian.ForfiveyearsshewasthefoodcriticfortheNewStatesman;since2003shehaswrittenaweeklyfoodcolumnfortheSundayTelegraph(TheKitchenThinkerinStella).ForseveralyearsshewasaresearchfellowatStJohnsCollege,Cambridge,wheresheworkedonthehistoryofideas.Herfirstbook,TheHive,waspublishedbyJohnMurrayin2004.Sheismarriedwithtwochildren.

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