WINNER • 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY Winner • 2022 James Beard Foundation Book Award [Writing] The “stunning” (David W. Blight) untold history of how

It has become popular to blame the American obesity epidemic and many other health-related problems on processed food. Many of these criticisms are valid for so

Ask children where food comes from, and they’ll probably answer: “the supermarket.” Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where ou

An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system. Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm th

As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs th