The American Way of Eating--#44 finished

 The author a journalist by trade, decides to investigate food from farm to store to restaurant.  She starts by moving to California and getting hired on harvesting different crops--grapes, peaches & garlic are the ones I remember but might have been another one or two as well.  But not only was she doing the job, she gave herself a budget to live off what she was being paid as well.  She stuck out here because she was the only white female in the fields basically, a mostly Hispanic crew of harvesters doing the work.  She was able to rent rooms from people and live with them and really gave a good idea of what a life these people have.  This was probably the most interesting part of the book for me.   She grew up in Detroit area and moved back to get work at Walmart--first one in just part of the store & then later actually in the produce section where she wanted to see how the food made its way through the system.  Then she finished with working at Applebees in New York, she had limited prior experience but was able to get hired on & worked at the line getting the orders ready.  She observed that most food already came pre-made in most cases--the sauces & setups, a lot of re-heating--microwaving and putting with the main dish.  I enjoyed the book and thought it was a really good idea.  I liked the field work section and then the Applebees sections the best and wouldn't mind reading something expanded on these even.

There are like 20 WL for this book so I will post it & mail off at some point.