Allison Carruth is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on contemporary American literature and media, the environmental humanities, food studies, and science and technology studies. She received her PhD from Stanford University, California.

• 1. Introduction: the power of food; 2. Rural modernity: Willa Cather and the rise of agribusiness; 3. 'Luxury feeding' and war rations: food writing at mid-century; 4. Supermarkets and exotic foods: Toni Morrison's 'chocolate eater'; 5. Post-industrial pastoral: Ruth Ozeki and the new muckrakers; 6. Conclusion: food writing in the age of information; Bibliography; Notes; Index.

Allison Carruth is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on contemporary American literature and media, the environmental humanities, food studies, and science and technology studies. She received her PhD from Stanford University, California.

• 1. Introduction: the power of food; 2. Rural modernity: Willa Cather and the rise of agribusiness; 3. 'Luxury feeding' and war rations: food writing at mid-century; 4. Supermarkets and exotic foods: Toni Morrison's 'chocolate eater'; 5. Post-industrial pastoral: Ruth Ozeki and the new muckrakers; 6. Conclusion: food writing in the age of information; Bibliography; Notes; Index.

Allison Carruth is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on contemporary American literature and media, the environmental humanities, food studies, and science and technology studies. She received her PhD from Stanford University, California.

• 1. Introduction: the power of food; 2. Rural modernity: Willa Cather and the rise of agribusiness; 3. 'Luxury feeding' and war rations: food writing at mid-century; 4. Supermarkets and exotic foods: Toni Morrison's 'chocolate eater'; 5. Post-industrial pastoral: Ruth Ozeki and the new muckrakers; 6. Conclusion: food writing in the age of information; Bibliography; Notes; Index.