A review by carabee
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman

5.0

This felt four stars but the last chapter of this book broke me, I am crying a little on the subway. As someone who comes from a family where food is central, where, in recent generations, it has become a conflicted source of love but also confusion with each new health article and doctor's visit, I was grateful that this book takes the pulse of America's grocery stores. And I'm of the mind, especially after reading, that where our food goes so we go too. My father has worked at a grocery store for my entire life, so I entered this book with a lot of information and understanding of the contemporary grocery store, but it still had a lot to offer. I can't wait to give it to my dad.