The kitchen

     In the introduction Bill explains why he has become fascinated whit the little things in life. He marbles at the fact that everything has a history that can be traced and is interconnected with more history. That’s why he decides to work on a book that would look at the history of his old Victorian home. Since history intertwines as he gives the history of his kitchen he can subsequently give the history of condiments, stoves, refrigeration e.c.t. . Bill inquires the reader when he writes his book. Inquiry is the process that has the aim to pass on knowledge resolve doubt or solve a problem. Bill breaks our traditional model of inquiring but never the less Bill passes on information resolving doubts in a very creative way. In page 66 of his book bill gives us the use various condiments that are still used today. “Arsenite was used to make vegetables greener or to make jellies glisten. Lead chromate gave bakery products a golden glow and brought radiance to mustard.” Here bill inquiries his reader but he does it in what seem like an orthodox method to us. But I wonder why this method of presenting information is not more widely accepted; I think bill-writing method it very skillful and useful. I also wonder if it was his purpose to do research in a new format or if it just happened to end up that way.