A practical, teacher-friendly booklet providing a motivating and relevant context for learning about food manufacture designed for teaching 14-16 year olds (UK key stage 4). In a Nutshell provides information about food processing and small-scale industrial practices, exemplified through case studies of peanut butter production in Zimbabwe. The booklet includes ideas for practical teaching activities, supports the teaching of Food Technology knowledge, skills, issues and values, develops awareness of food in other cultures and food as a global technology and promotes understanding of some of the cultural, environmental and economic dimensions of sustainability.