num_pages: 304
description: One of the most influential economists of the decade-and the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Stagnation-boldly argues that just about everything you've heard about food is wrong.Food snobbery is killing entrepreneurship and innovation says economist preeminent social commentator and maverick dining guide blogger Tyler Cowen. Americans are becoming angry that our agricultural practices have led to global warming-but while food snobs are right that local food tastes better they're wrong that it is better for the environment and they are wrong that cheap food is bad food. The food world needs to know that you don't have to spend more to eat healthy green exciting meals. At last some good news from an economist!Tyler Cowen discusses everything from slow food to fast food from agriculture to gourmet culture from modernist cuisine to how to pick the best street vendor. He shows why airplane food is bad but airport food is good; why restaurants full of happy attractive people serve mediocre meals; and why American food has improved as Americans drink more wine. And most important of all he shows how to get good cheap eats just about anywhere.Just as The Great Stagnation was Cowen's response to all the fashionable thinking about the economic crisis An Economist Gets Lunch is his response to all the fashionable thinking about food. Provocative incisive and as enjoyable as a juicy grass-fed burger it will influence what you'll choose to eat today and how we're going to feed the world tomorrow.
language: English
title: An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies
publisher: Dutton Adult