The meth lunches : food and longing in an American city / Kim Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Kim (Food writer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with social disabilities--Nevada--Las Vegas--Social conditions.

People with social disabilities.

Food security--Nevada--Las Vegas.

Food security.

Hunger--Social aspects--Nevada--Las Vegas.

Hunger.

Drug addiction--Social aspects--Nevada--Las Vegas.

Drug addiction.

Las Vegas (Nev.)--Social policy.

Las Vegas (Nev.).

Drug addiction--Social aspects.

Hunger--Social aspects.

People with social disabilities--Social conditions.

Social policy.

Nevada--Las Vegas.

Genre:

Nonfiction novels.

Physical Description:

308 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023.

Summary:

"James Beard Award-winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a table--eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at the table? In The Meth Lunches, James Beard award-winning writer Kim Foster peers behind the polished visions of perfectly curated dinners and charming families to reveal complex reality when poverty and food intersect. Whether it's heirloom vegetables or a block of neon yellow government cheese, food is both a basic necessity and nuanced litmus test: what and how we eat reflects our communities, our cultures, and our place in the world. The Meth Lunches gives a glimpse into the lives of people living in Foster's Las Vegas community--the grocery store cashier who feels safer surrounded by food after surviving a childhood of hunger; the inmate baking a birthday cake with coffee creamer and Sprite; the unhoused woman growing scallions in the slice of sunlight on her passenger seat. This is what food looks like in the lives of real people. The Meth Lunches reveals stories of dysfunction intertwined with hope, of the insurmountable obstacles and fierce determination all playing out on the plates of ordinary people. It's a bold invitation to pull up a chair and reconsider our responsibilities to the most vulnerable among us. Welcome to the table"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The care + feeding of a drug addict

Surveillance of humans + their food

Hunger, hoarding + having enough

Food that is fast + full of meaning

Charity, the giving + taking of food

Food + housing, conjoined + inseparable twins

The limits + liabilities of feeding people lunch

Inconvenient people + the starving brain

Slippage + the discomfort of food

Lunch + the braided-up life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781250278777

1250278775

OCLC:

1355022112