'Jamie's America' Found Through Food And Families from NPR Podcast Talk of the Nation

When British chef Jamie Oliver took a road trip in search of quintessential American food, his biggest discovery was that there was no such thing. He visited American families to gather a diverse and delicious group of recipes that make up his new book, Jamie's America.

Download the podcast here. See also: Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, Jamie's 30-Minute Meals

Book review: Jamie's Ministry Of Food: Anyone Can Learn To...‎ Scotsman - Oct 6, 2008

LAST WEEK, the telly chefs began their annual assault on the Christmas best-seller charts. Rick Stein, Gary Rhodes and Nigella Lawson all launched their latest recipe books – but the one to watch remains Jamie Oliver, because he at least is doing something different to the rest. Naturally, it ties into a new TV show. In 2006, the Jamie's School Dinners campaign to improve the school meals system resulted in angry parents in Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, supplying their children with contraband burgers and chips over the school wall. "Children are locked up like caged animals inside there, starving all day," complained one mum, Julie Critchlow, furiously blaming Jamie Oliver. "It's him that started it."

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