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Combat-Ready Kitchen
- How the U.S. Military Shapes the Way You Eat
- Narrated by: C.S.E Cooney
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 08-04-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: Tantor Audio
Regular price: $27.99
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You probably don't realize that your supermarket is filled with foods that have a military origin: canned goods, packaged deli meats, TV dinners, cling wrap, energy bars…the list is almost endless. In fact, there's a watered-down combat ration lurking in practically every bag, box, can, bottle, jar, and carton Americans buy. Anastacia Marx de Salcedo shows how the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate plans, funds, and spreads the food science that enables it to produce cheap, imperishable rations. It works with an immense network of university, government, and industry collaborators such as ADM, ConAgra, General Mills, Hershey, Hormel, Mars, Nabisco, Reynolds, Smithfield, Swift, Tyson and Unilever. It's a good deal for both sides: the conglomerates get exclusive patents or a headstart on the next breakthrough technology; the Army ensures that it has commercial suppliers if it ever needs to manufacture millions of rations. And for us consumers, who eat this food originally designed for soldiers on the battlefield? We're the guinea pigs in a giant public health experiment, one in which science and technology, at the beck of the military, have taken over our kitchens.
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- M.
- 08-10-16
Interesting subject, not-so-great writer
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
If you like long lists of names, you'll love this book.
Has Combat-Ready Kitchen turned you off from other books in this genre?
No. I am super duper interested in military technology.
What three words best describe C.S.E Cooney’s voice?
Clear, nice, loud-enough.
What character would you cut from Combat-Ready Kitchen?
The author.
Any additional comments?
The author is bogged down in reciting which school everyone went to before they made a discovery. It would be clearer with edits, less confusing technical metaphors, and a sharper focus. I love the subject matter but did not love her framing the story with how romantic it was when she used to make sandwiches for her husband.
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- Kam
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- 09-18-15
Kinda meh
The subject matter is fascinating, well researched, and presented in a cohesive, engaging manner...if you can get past the tinfoil-hat conspiracy undertones and liberal snark. Unfortunately, Cooney's style and tone only serve to amplify the snark making this a tough listen.
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- Ann H. Eide
- 08-16-15
Natick - they say it Naydk
Interesting book; this held my attention throughout. The narrator pronounces the town name as Natt - ick which is not how the natives say it.