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James McWilliams

James McWilliams
James McWilliams is an historian and writer based in Austin, Texas. He is the author of seven books, including The Modern Savage: Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals, Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, and A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America. His essays on food, animals, and agriculture—as well as several literary topics—have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Slate, Modern Farmer, The American Scholar, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Millions, and Pacific Standard, where he is a contributing writer.


Against Foodies: Lessons from Eating Out of the Trash

Consuming the Dregs of Capitalist Excess
July 5, 2017  By James McWilliams
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