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Sarah Bowen is Associate Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University. Her work focuses on food systems, local and global institutions, and inequality in the United States, Mexico, and France. She is author of Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production (University of California Press, 2015).Joslyn Brenton is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Ithaca College. Her research focuses on the sociology of health and illness, with a particular focus on how mothers of young children think about food, health, and the body.Sinikka Elliott is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia where she researches and teaches on the topics of gender, sexuality, inequality, and family. She is the author of Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers (NYU Press, 2012).

• Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: (Back) to the Kitchen? Part One: You Are What You Eat Chapter 2: Room 105 Chapter 3: Deep Roots Chapter 4: By the Book Chapter 5: Hurtful Words Part Two: Make Time for Food Chapter 6: Taking the Time Chapter 7: Finding Balance Chapter 8: Shift Work Part Three: The Family that Eats Together, Stays Together Chapter 9: Spaghetti for an Army Chapter 10: Fourth of July Chapter 11: Where's the Gravy? Chapter 12: Takis Chapter 13: Scarce Food Part Four: Know What's on Your Plate Chapter 14: Vote with Your Fork Chapter 15: The Repertoire Chapter 16: Sour Grapes Part Five: Shop Smarter, Eat Better Chapter 17: Smart Shopper Chapter 18: Blood from a Turnip Chapter 19: The Checkout Line Part Six: Bring Good Food to Others Chapter 20: Lotus Café Chapter 21: A Small FridgeChapter 22: Daily Bread Chapter 23: Stop Crying Part Seven: Food Brings People Together Chapter 24: Sunday Dinner Chapter 25: Cupcakes for Cousin Chapter 26: Thanksgiving Chapter 27: CommunionChapter 28: Conclusions: Thinking Outside the Kitchen Appendix: Notes on Methods References Endnotes