All Sides with Ann Fisher • July 24, 2012
Do you eat well? Do you think Americans eat well? One journalist set out to observe the American food system and how Americans get their food, and came out with a new book on her undercover research.
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Review of “The American Way of Eating” by Tracie McMillan
Novel Memoir • July 3, 2012
My non-fiction stint continues with a book about my passion. Okay, my passion isn’t quite learning about the American way of eating. But I do love cooking, baking, and growing food. I like to learn about the importance of the foods and how it effects us as simplistic human beings.
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
Digging Deep • June 27, 2012
In a nutshell: informational, engaging, and enlightening – 5 out of 5 shovels
Several months ago, I kept seeing blurbs and reviews about the latest piece of food journalism to hit the shelves. Tracie McMillian’s book made quite a splash for its humble approach and complexly recriminating analysis of the American food system (even getting the attention of Rush Limbaugh, who called her “overeducated” and derided the critique of a corporate-controlled food system implicit in the section about working in a Walmart produce department).
Foodie Book Review: American Way of Eating
The 3 Bite Rule • June 15, 2012
Do you need a beach book? Grab this book for a whole different side of food! I saw this book somewhere and was instantly interested. The author Tracie McMillan goes “Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table.” Check out her website for more info.
Tracie McMillan’s changing the eating habits of America’s youth
Metro • June 11, 2012
Our nation’s childhood obesity problem is really an epidemic: One in three American children are overweight or obese, according to the American Heart Association. We spoke with Tracie McMillan, the author of “The American Way of Eating,” about how healthy habits start at home.
Looking For a Happier Meal: Two Worthy Books on Food Workers
Righting Food • June 6, 2012
How much do we actually know about the people responsible for growing our food? Workers in the food system are often invisible to food consumers, toiling in obscurity for low wages and little respect. They occasionally rise to the level of consumer consciousness, for example with fair-trade-certified goods, though even then the focus is more on small farmers than on waged workers. Food workers also appear from time to time in prominent union campaigns or in news articles exposing bad practices in specific areas.
Cook’s Tour of Our Food Industry
The Progressive Populist • May 15, 2012
When journalist Tracie McMillan decided to go undercover for a look at our food supply chain, she likely didn’t expect to be sidelined by tennis elbow. Turns out when you’re cutting garlic all day long there’s a high risk of epicondylitis, which cut short one of the many jobs McMillan took on to trace the paths food takes between farm and table.
Tracie McMillan: The undercover journalist
Culinate • May 10, 2012
In an effort to illustrate the American food system from the inside out, and learn more about the people who work and eat within that system, journalist Tracie McMillan worked undercover in Walmart’s produce section, in California produce fields, and at an Applebee’s kitchen.
