Bought or brought? Revisit the nostalgia of the school cafeteria with this collection of interviews, vivid portraits, and elaborately reimagined food photos.
Food often unites us in unexpected ways--especially on Taco Salad Day. Drawing on material from more than seventy voices, these stories capture all walks of life--from celebrities and chefs to a circus family, new immigrants, a creative dad whose illustrated lunch bags went viral, plenty of unlikely cultural mashups, and one genuine cafeteria lady. Their experiences are compelling, familiar, and foreign at the same time, forming a cultural time capsule. School Lunch celebrates our diversity and our shared experience. In their words:
Author: Lucy Schaeffer
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780762494453
Food often unites us in unexpected ways--especially on Taco Salad Day. Drawing on material from more than seventy voices, these stories capture all walks of life--from celebrities and chefs to a circus family, new immigrants, a creative dad whose illustrated lunch bags went viral, plenty of unlikely cultural mashups, and one genuine cafeteria lady. Their experiences are compelling, familiar, and foreign at the same time, forming a cultural time capsule. School Lunch celebrates our diversity and our shared experience. In their words:
- "School lunch is one of the core reasons I became a chef." --Marcus Sammuelson
- "My mom, God rest her soul, was not exactly Mom-of-the-Year on this kind of stuff. She worked full-time, that woman was not about to peel and slice fruit for me." --Natalie Webster
- "I ate the same damn thing every day for six years." --Micaela Walker
- "On the days when I didn't have enough food there was always a reason to start or finish a fight." --George Foreman
- "We were definitely a crusts-on family." --Daphne Oz
- "I used to hate that feeling of walking into the lunchroom for the first time and not knowing where to sit." --Chinae Alexander
- "Every kid had some good item to trade and I had f****** applesauce." --Sam Kass
Author: Lucy Schaeffer
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780762494453
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