Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. “The Old-Fashioned Lunch Box . . . Seems Likely to Be Extinct”: The Promise of School Meals in the United States 11
6. Chapter 2. (Il)Legal Lunches: School Meals in Chicago 33
7. Chapter 3. Menus for the Melting Pot: School Meals in New York City 59
8. Chapter 4. Food for the Farm Belt: School Meals in Rural America 87
9. Chapter 5. “A Nation Ill-Housed, Ill-Clad, Ill-Nourished”: School Meals under Federal Relief Programs 111
10. Chapter 6. From Aid to Entitlement: Creation of the National School Lunch Program 135
11. Epilogue 159
12. Acknowledgments 167
13. Notes 169
14. Index 199