ARC BOOK REVIEW: Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in An American City by Kim Foster
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Publisher: St Martins Press
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Synopsis
Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered
around a table—eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty,
mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at that table?
In The Meth Lunches, Kim Foster peers behind the polished visions of perfectly curated
dinners and charming families to reveal the complex reality when poverty
and food intersect.
Whether it’s heirloom vegetables or a block of neon-yellow government
cheese, food is both a basic necessity and a nuanced litmus test: what and
how we eat reflects our communities, our cultures, and our place in the
world. The Meth Lunches gives a glimpse into the lives of people living in Foster’s Las
Vegas community—the grocery store cashier who feels safer surrounded by
food after surviving a childhood of hunger; the inmate baking a birthday
cake with coffee creamer and Sprite; the unhoused woman growing scallions
in the slice of sunlight on her passenger seat. This is what food looks
like in the lives of real people.
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