In Defense of Processed Food

Anastacia Marx de Salcedo

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English

Reaktion Books
01 December 2023

History; Cookery, food & drink

Series: Food Controversies

Taking in turn a scientific, feminist, economic and public-health perspective, this book gleefully demolishes much of the received wisdom surrounding processed food. Anastacia Marx de Salcedo argues that most of these foods are fairly healthy, and their consumption is an undisputed boon to women's equality, since women still bear disproportionate responsibility for home and children. Alternate food systems are doomed to be small-scale and unproductive, and can even harm economies as a whole. Can we blame processed food for the worldwide increase in obesity when the role of sedentary lifestyles has not been fully investigated? The author concludes by embracing packaged and preserved edibles in her larder, and encourages the reader to do the same.

By: Anastacia Marx de Salcedo
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 120mm,
ISBN: 9781789147674
ISBN 10: 1789147670
Series: Food Controversies
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anastacia Marx de Salcedo is a public health consultant and writer, whose features and essays have appeared in the Atlantic, Salon, Slate, Vice, and on PBS and NPR blogs. Her books include Eat Like a Pig, Run Like a Horse (2022). She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Reviews for In Defense of Processed Food

""A spirited defense of processed food from a feminist, economic, and public-health perspective.""-- ""BBC Radio 4 'Thinking Allowed'"" ""A gleeful demolition of our current views on processed foods.""-- ""The Bookseller Food & Drink Preview""