Of all the edible creatures in the sea, America’s favorite is the shrimp. We gorge upon their flesh to the tune of 4.4 pounds per person per year. Accordingly, the business of shrimp is oceanic: In ...
EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket, Benjamin Lorr’s non-fiction book about the complex grocery industry, is set to be turned into a TV docuseries.
Benjamin Lorr on his book "The Secret Life of Groceries," an investigation into the grocery store industry and the difficult lives of workers along the food supply chain. With the pandemic forcing ...
The sweaty, two-year odyssey Benjamin Lorr chronicles in his new memoir, “Hell Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga,” begins as so many great ...
The modern American supermarket is a marvel. Species from every season and every part of the globe lie in perfectly aligned stacks, cold and fresh. The middle aisles overflow with foods that remain ...
In his new book, “The Secret Life of Groceries,” Benjamin Lorr argues that the kale chips and shade-grown coffee sold at supermarkets define who we are. By Alex Williams “On the one hand, the ...