How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America

Title: How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America Author: Priya Fielding-Singh ISBN: 9780316427258 Publisher: Little, Brown Spark Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New Social Science 1623047 Publisher Description: This important book "weaves lyrical storytelling and fascinating research into a compelling narrative" (San Francisco Chronicle) to look at dietary differences along class lines and nutritional disparities in America, illuminating exactly how inequality starts on the dinner plate. Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how--and why--we eat the way we do. We