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What is Behind the Kitchen Door about?

"Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don't want to die from cancer or have a difficult pregnancy. What is a sustainable restaurant? It's one in which as the restaurant grows, the people grow with it."—from __Behind the Kitchen Door__How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions—discriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens—affect the meals that arrive at our restaurant tables? Saru Jayaraman, who launched the national restaurant workers' organization Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, sets out to answer these questions by following the lives of restaurant workers in New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Detroit, and New Orleans.Blending personal narrative and investigative journalism, Jayaraman shows us that the quality of the food that arrives at our restaurant tables depends not only on the sourcing of the ingredients. Our meals benefit from the attention and skill of the people who chop, grill, sauté, and serve. __Behind the Kitchen Door__ is a groundbreaking explora

Who reads Behind the Kitchen Door?

Author

Sarumathi Jayaraman; Eric Schlosser

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801451720

Category

cooking

Subjects

Sociology, Management, Children'S

Rating

3.61 / 5 (339 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13