{"product_id":"the-american-way-of-eating-undercover-at-walmart-applebees-farm-fields-and-the-dinner-table-9781439171967","title":"The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling work of undercover journalism in the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich's \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating well--and what we can do about it. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen award-winning (and working-class) journalist Tracie McMillan saw foodies swooning over $9 organic tomatoes, she couldn't help but wonder: What about the rest of us? Why do working Americans eat the way we do? And what can we do to change it? To find out, McMillan went undercover in three jobs that feed America, living and eating off her wages in each. Reporting from California fields, a Walmart produce aisle outside of Detroit, and the kitchen of a New York City Applebee's, McMillan examines the reality of our country's food industry in this \"clear and essential\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) work of reportage. Chronicling her own experience and that of the Mexican garlic crews, Midwestern produce managers, and Caribbean line cooks with whom she works, McMillan goes beyond the food on her plate to explore the national priorities that put it there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFearlessly reported and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Eating \u003c\/i\u003egoes beyond statistics and culture wars to deliver a book that is fiercely honest, strikingly intelligent, and compulsively readable. In making the simple case that--city or country, rich or poor--everyone wants good food, McMillan guarantees that talking about dinner will never be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439171967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Tracie McMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38400756351157,"sku":"9781439171967","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_546b12f6-6e4d-4330-bb47-ee0e94063f31.jpg?v=1612165838","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-american-way-of-eating-undercover-at-walmart-applebees-farm-fields-and-the-dinner-table-9781439171967","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}