This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. As an archaeologist, the evolution and backstory of everyday instruments holds special meaning. While informative, this book manages to be witty, clever, and engaging throughout. The author delivers surprising levels of detail in a well-paced and creatively crafted story of humanity and our relationship with food and tools for food use. I found this to be a page turner, and I came away daily with new morsels of information that I hope to retain. Among them, origin of the term "curfew", meaning and history of sous vide, development of the overbite, how recently the modern vegetable peeler came about, and what a voiding knife is.