REASON #4 to buy The American Way of Eating comes from Barry Estabrook:

“To uncover the truth behind how our modern food system works, Tracie M. McMillan took jobs in a supermarket produce section, a chain restaurant kitchen, and the fields along side migrant laborers. If you eat, you owe it to yourself to read this masterful book.

—Barry Estabrook, author of Tomatoland: How Modern
Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

The book goes on sale Tuesday – Feb. 21.

Please buy it.

And if you are in New York, come celebrate with me at Housing Works to talk about “The Anti-Foodie Foodies” with Amanda Hesser, James Oseland, Annia Ciezadlo and Rev. Devanie Jackson, moderated by the lovely Erica Wides.

REASON #5 to buy The American Way of Eating comes from James Oseland, Saveur magazine:

“Tracie McMillan has written a remarkable book for right now—a book that smartly tells us what is wrong with what we eat and how we might improve it. But what is even more remarkable about the book is how deeply engaging it is. With her intimate and confident portraits of American food workers, she crafts a touching, emotional narrative that will stay with you long after you have finished the last page.”

—James Oseland, editor-in-chief, Saveur; author of Cradle of Flavor

The book goes on sale Tuesday, Feb, 21.

Please buy it.

And if you are in New York, come celebrate with me at Housing Works to talk about “The Anti-Foodie Foodies” with Amanda Hesser, James Oseland, Annia Ciezadlo and Rev. Devanie Jackson, moderated by the lovely Erica Wides.

REASON #6 to buy The American Way of Eating comes from Janet Poppendieck:

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for ever since I started teaching about the American food system. It pulls you in with compelling stories of the real people who do the work, often exhausting and dangerous, that makes our American way of eating possible. And once it has your attention, it educates you about the details of our food system, from field to table. It is simultaneously a valuable contribution to the academic field of food studies and a personal narrative of discovery that will  engage even the casual reader. Three cheers for Tracie McMillan!”

—Janet Poppendieck, author, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America and Sweet Charity: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement

The book goes on sale Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Please buy it.

And if you are in New York, come celebrate with me at Housing Works to talk about “The Anti-Foodie Foodies” with Amanda Hesser, James Oseland, Annia Ciezadlo and Rev. Devanie Jackson, moderated by the lovely Erica Wides.

 

 

REASON #7 to buy The American Way of Eating comes from Ted Conover:

“Tracie McMillan is gutsy, scrappy, and hard-working—you’d have to be to write this book. The American Way of Eating takes us local in a new way, exploring who works to get food from the field to the plates in front of us, what they are paid, and how it feels. It’s sometimes grim but McMillan doesn’t flinch; I especially appreciated her openness in telling us what she spent in order to get by (or not). A welcome addition to the urgent, growing body of journalism on food.”

—Ted Conover, author, New Jack: Guarding Sing Sing and The Routes of Main: Travels in the Paved World

The book goes on sale Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Please buy it.

And if you are in New York, come celebrate with me at Housing Works to talk about “The Anti-Foodie Foodies” with Amanda Hesser, James Oseland, Annia Ciezadlo and Rev. Devanie Jackson, moderated by the lovely Erica Wides.

REASON #8 to buy The American Way of Eating comes from Warren Belasco, president of the Association for the Study of Food and Society:

This is a wonderful introduction to the triumph and tragedy of the American food industry. Mixing compassionate participant observation with in depth, up-to-the-minute background research, Tracie McMillan takes us for an eye-opening, heart-rending tour of the corporate food chain. Along the way we meet unforgettable people who, at great personal cost, labor hard so that we can eat cheaply and easily. Having seen what it takes to move our meals from farm to table, the reader will emerge shaken, enlightened, and forever thankful.”

—Warren Belasco, president, Association for the Study of Food and Society;
editor, Food, Culture & Society

The book goes on sale Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Please buy it.

And if you are in New York, come celebrate with me at Housing Works to talk about “The Anti-Foodie Foodies” with Amanda Hesser, James Oseland, Annia Ciezadlo and Rev. Devanie Jackson, moderated by the lovely Erica Wides.

REASON #9 to buy The American Way of Eating comes from Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA:

“Tracie McMillan has written an extraordinary book.
We are of course, all a part of the industrial food system because we all eat
from it. But McMillan became a deeper part. Undercover, as a farm laborer, Walmart stocker and fast food worker, with grace, intelligence and soul, she uncovers
the stories behind cheap food—stories about health and the environment, and stories about poverty and privilege. They are stories we need to change.”

—Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA

The book goes on sale Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Please buy it.

And if you are in New York, come celebrate with me at Housing Works to talk about “The Anti-Foodie Foodies” with Amanda Hesser, James Oseland, Annia Ciezadlo and Rev. Devanie Jackson, moderated by the lovely Erica Wides.

I am nine days out from the publication date of The American Way of Eating. Let the countdown begin until you reach the day where you can buy it.

I’ll be dribbling out reasons over the next nine days, counting back from ten.

Reason # 10 to Buy a Copy of the American Way of Eating:

You’re my friend, family member, or a colleague, and it’s worth the $25 to not have to see the disappointment on my face when you say no, you didn’t buy it.

Bonus: Reason #9.5:

You need a copy for me to sign when you come to one of my book tour events in New York, California, Michigan, New Mexico and beyond.