Tracie McMillan

damn. @EMustich really got it. AWEsome Q&A over at Salon. http://ow.ly/9dP4L

I had a wonderful time talking to the smart, thoughtful reporter Emma Mustich over at Salon.com — and it shows in this great Q&A Salon just posted with me: To start:   You may not be truly shocked by any single statistic in Tracie McMillan’s new book, “The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, … Read more

Has Food Worship Jumped The Shark?

Food Republic • Feb. 22, 2012

We all know that person who can barely eat dinner because they’re too busy snapping photos and waxing lyrical about the amuse-bouche. Some call them foodies. Many call them annoying. Of course, we all love to eat, but the national obsession with food can be overwhelming, if not exhausting. To address the nature of the foodie, and foodie-ism, a panel of food writers, authors and editors who call themselves “anti-foodies” gathered together last night at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York City to ask the question: Has Food Worship Jumped the Shark?

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Get Walmart Out Of Your Kitchen: A Reason To Learn To Cook

The Good Life • Feb. 22, 2012

On Salon.com, Emma Mustich talks to Tracie McMillan, the author of “The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table,” about whether we have the inalienable right to eat fresh food. While in Thomas Jefferson’s day, the poor ate less fresh food than the rich, now most American single guys spend less than one percent of their income on fresh produce, but up to half their food dollars on eating out.

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‘The American Way of Eating’ by Tracie McMillan

The Boston Globe • Feb. 22, 2012

With the rise of farmers’ markets and community-supported agriculture, and books like Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma’’ and Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,’’ the drumbeat that people should be eating healthily, locally, and sustainably has gotten louder and more insistent. “The American Way of Eating’’ is Tracie McMillan’s riposte to the argument that Americans need to eat better. Of course we should – and most want to, she writes. But how can we? What are the hurdles facing us?

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The American Way of Eating

American Way of Eating bookd cover New York Times bestseller

Winner, Sidney Hillman Prize
Winner, Books for a Better Life
Finalist, James Beard Journalism Award*
Finalist, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Finalist, International Association of Culinary Professionals

“The book Ms. McMillan’s most resembles is Barbara Ehrenreich’s bestseller Nickel and Dimed. Like Ms. Ehrenreich, Ms. McMillan goes undercover amid this country’s working poor…This is a voice the food world needs.”

– Dwight Garner, The New York Times
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“Every time I find evidence of a massive forthcoming event to take away our freedom, I am going to warn you, And so now we have a book by Tracie McMillan. What is it with all of these young single white women, overeducated — doesn’t mean intelligent.”

—Rush Limbaugh
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The journey from farm to the dinner table

“Marketplace,” American Public Media • Feb. 21, 2012

Kai Ryssdal: Not to pry, but what’d you have breakfast? Toast? Yogurt? Fresh fruit, maybe?

By the end of the day, it’s hard to remember, and sometimes hard to worry too much about it. But for a lot of people in this economy, what we eat is way more than a quick bite. It’s a livelihood and a way of life.

Tracie McMillan writes about it in her new book called “The American Way of Eating.” Good to have you with us.

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