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EPISODE · May 4, 2012 · 1H 2M

HR Happy Hour 144 - 'The American Way of Eating'

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HR Happy Hour 144 - 'The American Way of Eating' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday May 3, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the show welcomes Tracie McMillan the author of the recently published ‘The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table’, Tracie's book takes a look at what seems to be a simple topic, eating in America, and through research, workiing in the farm fields of California, in Walmarts in Detroit, and finally in an Applebee's in Brooklyn, reveals that how, what, and why we eat like we do to be a much more compelling and complex question after all. Tonight on the show we will talk with Tracie about her journey writing, working, eating, and understanding about how we eat in America today. It should be a fantastic show, and I hope you can join us!  Tracie McMillan has written about food and class for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Saveur, and Slate. From 2001 to 2005 she was the managing editor of the award-winning magazine City Limits, where she won recognition from organizations ranging from the James Beard Foundation to World Hunger Year

HR Happy Hour 144 - 'The American Way of Eating' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday May 3, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the show welcomes Tracie McMillan the author of the recently published ‘The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table’, Tracie's book takes a look at what seems to be a simple topic, eating in America, and through research, workiing in the farm fields of California, in Walmarts in Detroit, and finally in an Applebee's in Brooklyn, reveals that how, what, and why we eat like we do to be a much more compelling and complex question after all. Tonight on the show we will talk with Tracie about her journey writing, working, eating, and understanding about how we eat in America today. It should be a fantastic show, and I hope you can join us!  Tracie McMillan has written about food and class for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Saveur, and Slate. From 2001 to 2005 she was the managing editor of the award-winning magazine City Limits, where she won recognition from organizations ranging from the James Beard Foundation to World Hunger Year

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