The way we eat now : how the food revolution has transformed our lives, our bodies, and our world / Bee Wilson.

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

xxix, 356 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 25 cm

First edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-326) and index.

Introduction: The gatherers and the hunted -- 1. The food transition -- And they never went hungry again -- Where the balance falls -- Stage four -- The global standard diet -- The mythical banana kingdom of Iceland -- A short history of eating too much -- Bending the curve -- What we ate next -- 2. Mismatch -- The thin-fat baby -- The thirst conundrum -- The stigmatized majority -- 3. Edible economics -- A hidden sea of oil -- Never tasted before -- Price of bread -- Engel's law -- Give us this day our daily meat -- Value for money -- 4. Out of time -- The death of the lunch hour -- Like a rest in music -- Wasting time or wasting food -- The rhythm of modern life -- The woman who never snacks -- Snack foods for the world -- "He's not really big on food" -- The healthy snack -- Eating alone together -- 5. The changeable eater -- What's salsa? -- New but not really -- Now comes quinoa -- Fads and frauds -- 6. Dinner without duty -- The democratic restaurant -- Calories and convenience -- Dinner on a bike -- Self-service -- The inequalities of choice -- 7. Eating by the rules -- Bleeding beetroot -- The healthiest of all possible diets -- The enigma of the protein bar -- Beyond food -- The opposite of a cucumber -- 8. The return to cooking -- The dabbler cook -- Cooking by numbers -- The land of cooks -- New kitchen rules -- 9. Crossing the bridge -- The sweet green grass -- Killing the cartoon characters -- "If I had maths results like this I'd be out of a job" -- Celebrate with olives -- The joy of greens -- Recipe for a seed -- Epilogue: New food on old plates.