BPL · Book · 2025
All consuming : why we eat the way we eat now
Ruby Tandoh
Over the past seventy-five years, food has gone from a fact of life to national pastime; something to be thought about -- and talked about--24/7. Out tastes have been radically refashioned, painstakingly engineered in the depths of food factories, and hacked by craveable Instagram recipes. In this startling original, deeply irreverent cultural history, bestselling author Ruby Tandoh traces that transformation, exposing how cult cookbooks, bad TV, visionary restaurants, and now social media have all wildly overhauled our appetites. All Consuming is a deep dive into the social, economic, cultural, legislative, and demographic forces that have reshaped our world--and made us all foodies"--
- Demand pressureDemand pressure: composite score across the 12 tracked branches — rewards low availability, branches all out, recent drops, and (when exposed) public hold counts. Higher = harder to get borough-wide.
- 237
- Available
- 4/6
- Branches all out
- 2/6
- Public holdsPublic holds: BPL exposes 'people waiting' at the bib (record) level — one number per work for the entire 60+ branch BPL system, NOT just the 12 tracked branches. We capture the number when it's there. 'Not exposed' means BPL didn't expose it on this scrape — we never substitute zero for missing data.
- 4
ISBN 9798217207862
Current availability across the 12 tracked branches
| Branch | Available | Total | Holds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Heights | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kings Highway | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bay Ridge | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bedford | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Heights | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Greenpoint | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Recent movement
Crown Heights · 1 → 0 available