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Bee Wilson was born in 1974. She writes an award-winning weekly food column for Stella (the Sunday Telegraph magazine), covering subjects ranging from food politics and food history to the pleasures of particular ingredients. Before this, from 1998 to 2003, she was the food writer for the New Statesman magazine. She has also written and reviewed for the London Review of Books, The New Yorker and The Sunday Times on a range of subjects including film, music and history as well as food.  For several years, she was an  academic (a Research Fellow in History at St John's college, Cambridge, specialising in the history of ideas) but she is now a full-time writer and broadcaster. She has three children.

SWINDLED was shortlisted for the Andre Simon award as well as for the 14th Guild of Food Writers Awards 2009 in the Food Book of the Year category; Bee Wilson won in the Food Journalist of the Year category.

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SWINDLED - JOHN MURRAY, JANUARY 2008
Uncovering the many methods by which swindlers have tampered with our food throughout history, from the leaded wine of ancient Rome to the food piracy of the 21st century. Bee Wilson reveals the strong historical currents which enable the fraudsters to flourish; the battle of the science of deception against the science of detection; the struggle to establish reliable standards. She also suggests some small ways in which we can all protect ourselves from swindles and learn to trust what we eat again.

"Meticulously researched and fascinating to read, SWINDLED is guaranteed to give you food for thought"
Daily Express

"A wonderully written, thrilling rollercoaster of a book . . . A must-read: loaded with flavour, it is a satisfying rich stew of savoury details and meaty chunks of information - nourishment for the mind"  Sunday Telegraph

"Riveting . . . If ever a book could convince you that the only food worth eating is that which you have scrupulously shopped for in reputable local shops and cooked yourself from scratch, it is this one"  Daily Mail

"Bee Wilson is not only an able historian but a food writer with a passion rooted very much in the present. She wants to shake us awake, to make us look afresh at the food we eat. She does so triumphantly . . . erudite and entertaining . . . Wilson is a fervent lover of food but Swindled is not blind polemic . . . It is her considered and often humorous approach that makes this book so successful."  Sunday Times

"[Bee Wilson’s] intellectual rigour and disciplined research skills prove a great match with her seamless and engaging writing – she manages to bring history alive, and leaves you wanting more." Time Out