Appetite and its discontentsWhy do we eat? Is it instinct? Despite the necessity of food, anxieties about what and how to eat are widespread and persistent. Elizabeth A. Williams explores contemporary worries about eating through the lens of science and medicine to show us how appetite once a matter of personal inclination became an object of science.

In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics

chewing and other problems

telling of real-life jealousy

Written by a hard-working horticulturalist for fellow gardeners

With SIGNED bookplate on title page

prodding and sparring like the Cheshire Cat

They found each other at eight years-old

from one of the finest historians of the Second World War

fell in love with and married John Playfair as well as her exciting new role as a judge on Great British Bake Off

dizzying change

by sword and with magic

After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval