Truffles and Trash
Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State
By Kelly Alexander
236 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 17 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-7859-7
Published: October 2024 -
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According to Alexander, these models face challenges—including reproducing the very power dynamics across race, class, and citizenship status they seek to circumvent. They also mirror the challenges of the everyday operations of the European social welfare state, which is increasingly reliant on NGOs to meet provisioning promises. Yet she finds that they also move the needle forward to reduce food waste across one city, providing an example for major urban centers around the world.
About the Author
Kelly Alexander is assistant professor and George B. Tindall Fellow of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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"Capacious and deeply honest. When we ask ourselves what it takes to make food justice real, we will be thinking along with the observations in this book."—Sharon P. Holland, author of The Erotic Life of Racism
"Alexander melds academic rigor with the evocative prose style and in-depth reporting that characterized her prize-winning work as a journalist."—Colman Andrews, author of Catalan Cuisine
"Engrossing, surprising, and fun—the specific sites and people Alexander works with come alive. An exemplar of the ethnographic method."—Joshua Reno, author of Waste Away