Description
How often do we open the fridge or peer into the freezer with the expectation that we''ll find something fresh and ready to eat? It''s an everyday act - but just a century ago, eating food that had been refrigerated was cause for both fear and excitement. The introduction of artificial refrigeration overturned millennia of dietary history, launching a new chapter in human nutrition. We could now overcome not just rot, but seasonality and geography. Tomatoes in January? Avocados in Shanghai? All possible. In Frostbite, New Yorker contributor and cohost of the award-winning podcast Gastropod Nicola Twilley takes readers on a tour of the cold chain from farm to fridge, visiting off-the-beaten-path landmarks such as Missouri''s subterranean cheese caves, the banana-ripening rooms of New York City, and the vast refrigerated tanks that store the nation''s orange juice reserves. Today, nearly three-quarters of everything on the average American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold un
