The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
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Book Overview
The New York Times bestselling work of undercover journalism in the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1439171955
ISBN13:9781439171950
Release Date:February 2012
Publisher:Scribner Book Company
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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Food chain on American Way of Eating
Published by walter Ko , 3 months ago
Tracie document her undercover working experience in California farm field, at Walmart and Applebee in this book and shared her comment and thought. It is the rest of the story from produce to supercenter distribution and to menu on chain restaurant. Her insight helps understand the under class in making ends meet with their poor minimum wage. How can those people improve their status and finance for the American dream?
Dining out on American menu in chain restaurant is eating central kitchen processed food loaded with fat, sugar and salt to lead to medical problem of three highs. It is beauty of free market economy for your freedom of choice of eating out. She compares to eat out or fix at home use the same amount of time but much cheaper and healthier if use basic meat and vegetables.
This is a fun book to read to understand the food system operation and health issue.
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