Jennifer Jensen Wallach Books

Exploring the historical significance of food, this multi-generational narrative traces its journey from pre-transatlantic slave trade West Africa to modern African American veganism. It highlights how food has served as both a means of empowerment and a tool of oppression, emphasizing the symbolic power it holds. The book delves into the ongoing struggle for food access, illustrating the complex relationship between race, culture, and dietary choices throughout history.

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be American.