Great news: My initial account of working undercover at Applebee’s has gone up on Slate. Inside sources say it’s hanging out near the top of the “most emailed” list!
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
As prep for a forthcoming review I have of Mary Mazzio’s lovely documentary on New York City’s Green Carts, The Apple Pushers, I’m finding I need a one-stop link to studies that complicate our understanding of food access. Herewith: The Institute of Medicine held a symposium on the topic in 2009. Most notably, they found … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Great piece over at Politico on an economist’s study showing that Alabama’s stringent new immigration legislation is costing the state anywhere from $2 billion to $11 billion in lost revenues.
The Whole Foods press release copy was pretty trite (“Frugal is the new black!”*) for this post about America’s cost-conscious consumption. But the actual content—findings from a WF-commissione survey of American’s shopping habits—was pretty striking. The poll of 2,100 Americans in August found: 74 percent wouldn’t compromise on the quality of the food they buy … Read more
The newsperson in me hates that these writers are deconstructing the term “foodie,” and all that is wrong with it. (Me first! My story!) But the rest of me is so happy to see a broad cohort of food blogging folks take it on. Most notably, this morning on Gadling, Seattle-based Lauren Miller takes on … Read more
I spent the day after New Year’s careening—if a resolute dedication to the speed limit can be called careening—down I-80 from Detroit to Brooklyn, so it’s taken be a few days to double back and re-listen to this beautiful piece by NPR correpondent Alix Spiegel, What Vietnam Taught Us About Breaking Bad Habits. What I … Read more
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