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statman's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting read on something you don't think about - how the food gets to the shelves of your grocery store. Definitely helps you appreciate how good we have it these days to be able to go and get whatever we want, whenever we want. Ruhlman encourages people to pay more attention to what they are eating, not to succumb to the marketing around us and do more of our own cooking as a way to enjoy our food more and to eat more nutritious food.
dustinruns's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I love grocery stores, too, and it was really cool to learn more about the industry. If you are a Clevelander and not already a Heinen’s customer, this book will certainly convert you. Now...just for that book on HEB...
krissunshine13's review against another edition
5.0
If you've ever wanted to know more about the history, present and future of the grocery industry you have to pick up a copy of this book! I loved the way the author used family anecdotes and pulled from his own experiences and interviews with people to help illustrate and bring to life an institution people deal with every day. Check out this book!!
youeatdogfood's review against another edition
2.0
2 stars. In ‘Grocery’, Michael Ruhlman ventures into the world of grocery stores and food and their place in American society. While the book held promise and offered some intriguing insights, it ultimately fell a short of my expectations.
One of the book’s main drawbacks, as echoed by other reviewers, was its excessive focus on Ruhlman’s personal food preferences and his crusade against certain dietary trends. Rather than delving deeply into the inner workings of grocery stores and the complexities of the food industry, Ruhlman seemed to use the book primarily as a platform to voice his opinions on what foods we should or shouldn't be consuming. This detracted frm what I believed to be the book’s original premise and left me wanting something far more substantial.
Fr instance, Ruhlman dedicates considerable attention to criticising what he considers the gluten-free “fad,” which failed to resonate w me personally as my partner is coeliac, and fr them it’s definitely not a fad. And while I understand the importance of discussing various food movements and trends, this particular subject tended to dominate the narrative, overshadowing other crucial aspects of the grocery store experience.
And also worth mention is Ruhlman’s very brief but misguided attempt to link rising food-related issues to higher rates of autism diagnoses, which is deeply flawed and lacking in a wealth of scientific validity, and such an uninformed perspective really undermined the book’s credibility fr me.
While ‘Grocery’ offered glimpses of fascinating insights into the buying and selling of food in America, it ultimately succumbed to and was overshadowed by Ruhlman’s personal biases and pet peeves. As a result, the book failed to provide the comprehensive exploration of the grocery store experience that I had hoped fr. ‘Grocery’ held promise but ended up being largely a disappointment due to its heavy focus on the author’s personal food preferences and misguided assertions. I think if I knew this going in, it’s not a book I would’ve chosen to read.
emgusk's review against another edition
3.0
This was good and I learned a lot! But it focused too much on one small grocery store chain in Cleveland, Heinen’s and the author went on too many long asides that could have been edited down. Generally I’m glad I read it but I feel like if you’re from Cleveland you’re really going to love it!
I really like this style of footnotes in a kindle book. I love footnotes and I want to be able to read them as I read the book, not when I’m done with it. But while the citations were generally good, none of the polling data the author used has a citation! It’s good to know where data come from.
I really like this style of footnotes in a kindle book. I love footnotes and I want to be able to read them as I read the book, not when I’m done with it. But while the citations were generally good, none of the polling data the author used has a citation! It’s good to know where data come from.
wk52bookreviews's review against another edition
5.0
If you follow me on here, read this book! Amazing! Order it now!