The New York Times reviews #AWE.. http://ow.ly/9bmNs i swear to God, I have never met Dwight Garner in my life.
Heritage Radio Network • Feb. 20, 2012
This week on Let’s Eat In takes a hard look at elitism in our American food system. Host Cathy Erway is joined by investigative journalist Tracie McMillan who has just written The American Way of Eating, an expose of the myths that surround the working class and their food ways.
had a total blast with @cathyerway on @heritage_radio: Elitism in food, let’s eliminate it. http://t.co/VW2H5mDw
My take on the latest review: What if The Tea Party @FreedomWorks read #AWE? Brilliant satire by @Roadfood123 for @sfgate http://ow.ly/99nZI
The New York Times • Feb. 20, 2012
One of the first things to like about Tracie McMillan, the author of “The American Way of Eating,” is her forthrightness. She’s a blue-collar girl who grew up eating a lot of Tuna Helper and Ortega Taco Dinners because her mother was gravely ill for a decade, and her father, who sold lawn equipment, had little time to cook. About these box meals, she says, “I liked them.”
I love Cathy Erway‘s smart prose and practical but adventurous cooking, so I”m extra-excited to sit in on her radio program today at 1:00 p.m. for Heritage Radio. Check it out today or download the podcast for later!
Nice, straightforward summary of AWE in a double-review, alongside (appropriately!) Tovar Cerulli’s The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance, a book on hunting and fishing, in Sunday’s Toronto Star: McMillan’s book isn’t simply a personal account but, in addition, a good analysis of the systemic problem of food production in the United States (the hard … Read more
I’ll be talking about The American Way of Eating on NewsTalk 106-108FM, Ireland’s Independent National Public Radio today at 11 am EST (4 pm in Dublin). Really enjoyed the pre-interview chat with the producer Brian O’Neill last week; should be fun. And they’ve got 16,000 followers on Facebook, so I assume someone will be listening! … Read more
Simon & Schuster • Feb. 20, 2012 Tracie McMillan talks about The American Way of Eating. To learn more about Simon & Schuster click here.
The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2012
In 2009, Tracie McMillan, an accomplished young writer, spent nearly a year working undercover as an agricultural field laborer in California, as a produce handler at a Michigan Wal-Mart and as a kitchen worker at a Brooklyn branch of Applebee’s, the country’s largest “family style” restaurant chain. The result of her efforts is “The American Way of Eating.” The best thing about this engagingly written tract is its excellent and sometimes moving first-person narrative of the author’s experiences sharing, albeit briefly and under false colors, the daily grind of workers at the bottom of the Great American Food Chain.
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