The New York Times–bestselling author "digs deep into the world of how we shop and how we eat. It's a marvelous, smart, revealing work" (Susan Orlean, #1 bestselling author).
In a culture obsessed with food—how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us—there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight—in the...

From modest beginnings as a tea shop in New York, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, the first retailer to sell 1 billion dollars in goods, the owner of nearly sixteen thousand stores and dozens of factories and warehouses. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to hundreds of thousands of mom-and-pop grocery stores. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, enlisting the...

Tells the story of a remarkable enterprise: a family-owned business that has lasted for six generations. The book draws on ample documentation, cherished memories and a rich trove of photographs dating back to the company's earliest days and chronicling the family's life over the course of more than 125 years. The Hill Company has always been about more than groceries or, in more recent years, real estate. As a family-owned business, it embraced co-workers...