RaveThe Washington PostLorr explores how the food we buy (never mind whether we actually eat it) is a proxy for our values. And as those values turn into personal choices — as well-meaning as they might be — we are complicit in the cruelties of the broader food system ... You won’t soon forget Lorr’s description of the smell he endured while cleaning the fish display cases when he was an employee at Whole Foods, a job he took to research the book ... Lorr balances the doom with a conversational style and occasional dark humor ... casual descriptions are a diversion from the book’s heartbreaking stories but such generalizations compromise the otherwise powerful reporting.
