Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork

Simon Majumdar is probably not your typical idea of an immigrant. As he says, “I’m well rested, not particularly poor, and the only time I ever encounter ‘huddled masses’ is in line at Costco.”

But immigrate he did, and thanks to a Homeland Security agent who asked if he planned to make it official, the journey chronicled in Fed, White, and Blue was born. In it, Simon sets off on a trek across the United States to find out what it really means to become an American, using what he knows best: food.

Simon stops in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to learn about what the pilgrims ate (and that playing Wampanoag football with large men is to be avoided); a Shabbat dinner in Kansas; Wisconsin to make cheese (and get sprayed with hot whey); and LA to cook at a Filipino restaurant in the hope of making his in-laws proud. Simon attacks with gusto the food cultures that make up America — brewing beer, farming, working at a food bank, and even finding himself at a tailgate.

Full of heart, humor, history, and of course, food, Fed, White, and Blue is a warm, funny, and inspiring portrait of becoming American.

• Author
• Simon Majumdar, Alton Brown

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 308

• Publisher
• Avery

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781594632150

• Genres
• food, travel, memoir, audiobook, foodie, cooking, americana

• Release date
• 2015