The American Way of Eating by Tracie Mcmillan
The New York Times bestselling work of undercover journalism in the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating well--and what we can do about it. When award-winning (and working-class) journalist Tracie McMillan saw foodies swooning over $9 organic tomatoes, she couldn't help but wonder: What about the rest of us? Why do working Americans eat the way we do? And what can we do to change it? To find out, McMillan went undercover in three jobs that feed America, living and eating off her wages in each. Reporting from California fields, a Walmart produce aisle outside of Detroit, and the kitchen of a New York City Applebee's, McMillan examines the reality of our country's food industry in this clear and essential (The Boston Globe) work of reportage. Chronicling her own experience and that of the Mexican garlic crews, Midwestern produce managers, and Caribbean line cooks with whom she works, McMillan goes beyond the food on her plate to explore the national priorities that put it there. Fearlessly reported and beautifully written, The American Way of Eating goes beyond statistics and culture wars to deliver a book that is fiercely honest, strikingly intelligent, and compulsively readable. In making the simple case that--city or country, rich or poor--everyone wants good food, McMillan guarantees that talking about dinner will never be the same again.Tracie McMillan has written about food and class for the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Saveur, and Slate, among others. She was the managing editor of the award-winning journal City Limits from 2001 to 2005, where she received accolades from the James Beard Foundation and World Hunger Year. Tracie is based in the borough of Brooklyn.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439171967 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439171963 |
| Title | The American Way of Eating |
| Author | Tracie Mcmillan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
| Year published | 2012-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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