Forks, Knives & Spoons
Forks, Knives & Spoons

Author: Peri Wolfman

Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780517588284

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From Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold -- authors of the best-selling The Perfect Setting -- comes the book that showcases one of today's favorite collectibles, vintage Forks, Knives & Spoons. Part of the fun in collecting is the search for new and unusual pieces, and Peri and Charley have amassed delicate coin silver tea spoons, bone-handled knives with rusted steel blades, wood-handled forks with decorative rivets, and picnic ware with bright Bakelite handles. They share the history behind the countless unusual serving pieces -- baked-potato forks, bread knives, and olive spoons among them -that date to Victorian times, and they identify the 29 place setting pieces still in manufacture today. The resource section offers advice on the care, cleaning, and storage of silver, steel, Bakelite, bone, and more. There are also names and addresses of some of the best places to shop for old silver and tableware. Charley's photographs capture the matte beauty of old steel, the warm gleam of silver, the glow of bone, and they offer inspiration for table settings. But the book's biggest bonus is the more than 35 recipes that are tasty ideas for putting your old finds to new use. In Forks, Knives & Spoons, Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold have created a book that both collectors and cooks are bound to relish.

Knives, forks & spoons
Knives, forks & spoons

Author: Erik Lassen

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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"The Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen has attempted ... to acquire specimens of modern Danish tableware ... During recent years it has furthermore obtained collection of antique tableware, particularly English, French and Danish ... A suitable occasion has arisen which has provided me with an opportunity of reproducing and describing a few of the many knives, spoons and forks which have been collected so far. If the object of this collection of photographs had been to illustrate the history of tableware, our collection would however, have fallen short. That contained in the National Museum would be particularly indispensable as far as the Middle Ages and the Renaissance centuries are concerned. A number of magnificent royal eating utensils of gold are preserved in Rosenborg Palace, and the Royal Plate Room forms a kind of extension to Rosenborg ... Finally, the Deutsches Klingenmuseum at Solingen possesses one of the world's most comprehensive collections ..."--Preface, p. 5-6

Table Knives and Forks
Table Knives and Forks

Author: Simon Moore

Publisher: Shire Publications

Published: 2008-03-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780747802952

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Kives have probably the longest history of any human artefacts and, with forks, are possibly the most used and taken for granted. In this book the hoistory and development of their use as eating implements is traced from the eqarliest times and some hitheto unknown styles used in the Middle Ages are revealed. The art of the cutler and the rise of the cutlers' companies are covered, as are the gradual introduction of the table fork and the evolution of the trio of knife, fork and spoon during the early eighteenth century. The invention of stainless steel leads to the conclusion, with the development of more imaginative styles in the twentieth century and the modern designers of individual cutlery.

Consider the Fork
Consider the Fork

Author: Bee Wilson

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2012-10-09

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0465033326

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Award-winning food writer Bee Wilson's secret history of kitchens, showing how new technologies - from the fork to the microwave and beyond - have fundamentally shaped how and what we eat. Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious -- or at least edible. But these tools have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson takes readers on a wonderful and witty tour of the evolution of cooking around the world, revealing the hidden history of objects we often take for granted. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide machines of the modern kitchen, but also the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet, chopsticks and forks. Blending history, science, and personal anecdotes, Wilson reveals how our culinary tools and tricks came to be and how their influence has shaped food culture today. The story of how we have tamed fire and ice and wielded whisks, spoons, and graters, all for the sake of putting food in our mouths, Consider the Fork is truly a book to savor.

From Hand to Mouth
From Hand to Mouth

Author: James Cross Giblin

Publisher: Collins

Published: 1987-11-12

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780690046625

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‘The history of eating utensils and customs from the ancient world to the present. Beginning with the use of small spears to pick meat out of the fire, Giblin follows the development of utensils through the controversial introduction of forks and the casual eating practices of today. Well-organized and spryly written.’ —SLJ. Notable Children’s Books of 1987 (ALA) 1987 Children's Editors' Choices (BL) Notable 1987 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1987 (Library of Congress)