HOW WE EAT The Brave New World of Food and Drink

Adam Barr adeptly narrates most of this informed and informative audiobook, capturing its immediacy with his tone and cadence. Barr has a resonant voice and paces the many stories--personal and professional--that shape this engaging work. Narrators Aden Hakimi and Karissa Vacker do fine work, too. The conversational style draws the listener into this insider's guide. Author Underhill, a food consultant, has decades of experience studying shoppers' buying and eating habits. He takes the listener through the business of selling food--from mega-stores to farmers markets. We are all buying more prepared meals, as the pandemic has accelerated home delivery from restaurants and supermarkets. He gazes into the future, predicting vertical farms in supermarket parking lots, where the consumer will buy fresh hydroponically grown veggies. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2022]