American Way of Eating Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table

Name: American Way of Eating Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
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ISBN: 9781439171967

ISBN-10: 1439171963

ISBN-13: 9781439171967

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Authors: Tracie McMillan

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What if you can’t afford nine-dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn’t escape as she watched the debate about America’s meals unfold, one that urges us to pay food’s true cost—which is to say, pay more. So in 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters.From the fields of California, a Walmart produce aisle outside of Detroit, and the kitchen of a New York City Applebee’s, McMillan takes us into the heart of America’s meals. With startling intimacy she portrays…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 10/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Before you Read this book


Introduction: Eating in America



Farming



Grapes



Peaches



Cutting Garlic



Gleaning Garlic



Selling



Grocery



Produce 101



Produce 201



Cooking



Kitchen Novice



Kitchen Spy



Kitchen Fixture


Conclusion: A New American Way of Eating


Holy Ted Nugent, We're all Foodies Now


Acknowledgments


Appendix: Cheap Food?


Notes


Bibliography


Q&A with Author Tracie McMillan


Teaching Guide for Tracie McMillan's the American Way of Eating