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The American way of eating : undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, farm fields and the dinner table / Tracie McMillan.

Van Pelt Library TX633 .M366 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McMillan, Tracie.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food habits--United States--History.
Food habits.
Food habits--Economic aspects.
United States.
History.
Food industry and trade--United States.
Food industry and trade.
Cooking, American.
Food habits--Economic aspects--United States.
Physical Description:
x, 319 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Scribner, 2012.
Summary:
"In 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters"--Jacket.
Contents:
Eating in America
Farming. Grapes ; Peaches ; Cutting garlic ; Gleaning garlic
Selling. Grocery. Produce 101 ; Produce 201
Cooking. Kitchen novice ; Kitchen spy ; Kitchen fixture
A new American way of eating
Appendix. Cheap food?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-318).
ISBN:
9781439171950
1439171955
OCLC:
775793757

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