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