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My family, friends and the whole “This Is Uncomfortable” team have scarcely been able to enjoy a meal without me bringing up something I learned in Priya Fielding-Singh’s “How the Other Half Eats.” Did you know that collard greens and kale are nutritionally equivalent (and the exact same species, Brassica oleracea), but racism and social stigma means only one of them is touted as a superfood? Fielding-Singh, a sociologist, interviewed 75 diverse families in the San Francisco Bay Area to get a big-picture view of how Americans feed their families and why there’s such a persistent nutritional gap between the rich and poor. “How the Other Half Eats” culminates three years of research, but it’s not a dry or academic read. The book focuses on four families whom Fielding-Singh embedded with. They were such relatable characters, I could see myself shopping, cooking and eating with them, as Fielding-Singh did for weeks. She learned a lot about the symbolic value of food and the anxieties share

Anxieties about food and parenting transcend class Marketplace® Every story is an economic story Donate Volume 00:00 -- : -- listen [undefined] --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- Jun 28, 2024 Anxieties about food and parenting transcend class Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh cooked and ate with families to write “How the Other Half Eats” "This Is Uncomfortable" Book Club by Zoë Saunders and Tony Wagner Save Share Courtesy Priya Fielding-Singh My family, friends and the whole “This Is Uncomfortable” team have scarcely been able to enjoy a meal without me bringing up some

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