Frostbite

Twilley reports the cold chain — the refrigerated warehouses, containers and trucks that a third of the world’s food passes through — and how it rewrote what people eat and how far it travels.

Why it’s on the list: Named in the “best history book” thread. An invisible infrastructure with an enormous footprint, which is the genre of history Kyle keeps returning to.

Where I saw it: In Kyle’s “Books To Read” Apple Note, recovered from the reply thread to @typesfast asking “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 5, 2025). The full recovered list lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).

Connections

• What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• Food — what the cold chain reshaped.
• Supply Chain — the infrastructure itself.