BOOK REVIEW: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The current generation loves eating fast food, be it burgers or pizza. It's not only a matter of convenience but also a rising trend. You enter a so-called "clique" if you consumed fast food, making one feel included.
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad.
That's a lengthy list of charges, but the author makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.
The author's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of fast food's flavors are concocted.
Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths - from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture and even real estate.
This was a revealing book with many harsh truths that was quite hard for me to swallow. From labor problems to food shortage, I was enthralled by the many twists and turns involved in the fast food industry.
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