Joplin Public Library • Sept. 26, 2012
In the The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table a journalist, Tracie McMillan, takes a year to work in various parts of the food industry. She works 2 month at each job, lives off the wages she earns and with the people with which she works.
TedMed • Sept. 21, 2012
In a new video series co-produced by TEDMED and Fenton Studios, and filmed at TEDMED 2012, Tracie McMillan, author of “The American Way of Eating” and David Ludwig of Boston Children’s Hospital sat down with Lisa Witter to discuss the issue.
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Lucy’s Ravioli Kitchen and Market • Sept. 11, 2012
We recently read and loved Tracie McMillan’s ‘The American Way of Eating.’ The New York Times reviewed it back in February, offering some insight into the brilliance of the book – we thought we’d share!
San Francisco Professional Food Society • Sept. 10, 2012
From field to plate is the subject of The American Way of Eating by Tracie McMillan, a groundbreaking book enthusiastically endorsed by all who attended the SFPFS book club meeting on August 2.
Fitness and Frozen Grapes • Aug. 29, 2012
Have you ever discovered a great book when you weren’t looking? I have my mom to thank for this review—if she hadn’t picked it up from the library, it would’ve taken me much longer to find Tracie McMillan’s The American Way of Eating.
The Splendid Table • Aug. 25, 2012
Jay McInerney joins us with his new wine book, The Juice. Tracie McMillan has gone undercover in the American food industry, and we look at the vegetarian traditions in Morocco with Jeff Koehler.
CSRWire • Aug. 20, 2012
Got food? Many of those who are bringing in America’s harvest and serving it to us aren’t paid enough to put good, healthy food reliably on the table. That’s what journalist Tracie McMillan found when she set out to report the story of these workers and what their plight says about the American way of eating.
Seriouseats.com • Aug. 5, 2012
It’s common knowledge that our food industry is dependent upon the cheap labor of scores of workers in all kinds of service jobs. But the stories of these workers are often untold. Even in a time when talk about food—what to eat, how to eat it, and where to get the best stuff—is pervasive in all forms of media, undocumented, underpaid workers are left out of the conversation.
Finally getting around to embedding a copy of my filmed TV appearances. In case you’ve been sitting around, anxiously awaiting a way to stare at me chatter away on screen, you can now readily find such entertainment: Rachel Maddow Show, March 7
New Hampshire Public Radio • July 28, 2012
This presentation was given at the Unitarian Universalist church in Peterborough, N.H. on July 22.
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