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Great, thoughtful review of #AWE in @TheBuffaloNews by @BuffaloFood http://ow.ly/9Fj7O

April 16, 2024March 16, 2012

“The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table” by Tracie McMillan

December 16, 2023March 16, 2012

The Washington Post • March 16, 2012

Most food writers begin their tales with fond reminiscences of the great grub they grew up with: Mom’s Sunday meatballs or the secret recipe for Grandma’s beloved Christmas cookies. Tracie McMillan takes the opposite tack. She grew up in a working-class family in Flint, Mich., eating Ortega taco dinners and salads made with iceberg lettuce and Wish-Bone ranch dressing. The lesson her grandmother taught her was that any meal that took time or money to prepare — or worse, both — was for “fancy” people. Her father called them snobs.

‘American Way of Eating’ Reveals Few Surprises

December 16, 2023March 16, 2012

Associated Press • March 16, 2012

“The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table” (Scribner), by Tracie McMillan: An author who writes about going “undercover” at Walmart or a migrant farm sets up expectations that she’s about to reveal a scandal or, at the least, juicy secrets. But few of the revelations in Tracie McMillan’s new book are all that surprising.

great interview w/me and @rachelcernansky RT @grist Meet Tracie McMillan, ‘overeducated’ food justice writer http://t.co/J5LZetlO

April 1, 2024March 15, 2012

Another Perk for the Rich: Healthy Eating. Why Poor Often Equals Fat

December 16, 2023March 15, 2012

Viv Mag • March 15, 2012

What if we’ve been wrong up to this point about the cause of the nation’s obesity epidemic? In spite of increased education on how to eat healthfully — less fat and sugar, more vegetables and fruit — obesity remains a public health crisis. Now food experts are beginning to turn their attention to the tougher aspects of the problem, such as how to create environments that make healthy food more attractive and accessible to consumers of all income levels.

Had fun talking with @DrGaryNull yesterday for his radio broadcast/podcast on @prn_radio Listn here: http://ow.ly/9FhNB

April 1, 2024March 15, 2012

Interview with Tommy Mischke on WCCO-830

December 16, 2023March 14, 2012

Tracie McMillan joins Tommy Mischke to talk about her new book, “The American Way of Eating.” No Online Archive Available.

Interview on KGO-810

December 16, 2023March 14, 2012

Tracie McMillan joins Michael Finney to talk about her new book, “The American Way of Eating.” No Online Archive Available

Tracie McMillan, The American Way of Eating and Rush Limbaugh

December 16, 2023March 14, 2012

KQED Bay Area Bites • March 14, 2012

Tracie McMillan, who went undercover and worked with low-paid food and farm workers to pen The American Way of Eating, has had perhaps the wildest of rollercoaster rides since her book came out a few short weeks ago.

McMillan’s The American Way of Eating Lifts the Veil on Food System

December 16, 2023March 14, 2012

Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy • March 14, 2012

Our global food system hinges on secrecy. The anonymous nature of where the food in our supermarket was produced brings one layer of secrecy. But even if you can solve that puzzle, how it was produced—and more specifically under what working conditions it was produced—remains completely hidden. This is the curtain that author Tracie McMillan pulls back in her remarkable new book, The American Way of Eating.