Consider the Fork is interesting - historically, linguistically, and culinarily too. It made me appreciate the conveniences of a modern kitchen and even rethink some of them - wondering do I really need this or that?

I was captivated and I finished it quickly. I don't think it was a book that my thoughts will return to again and again, though, and it's not one I'll be recommending to friends right and left and buying as a present. It's a good book to check out from the library.

Side note: One especially memorable part of this book happened when the author refers to an expert with the last name "This," prompting me to wonder why the word "this" was capitalized so much and inserted into the wrong places so much in a book that was otherwise well-edited. My mistake. It was late.