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Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal Is Doing to the World

by Eric Schlosser
RM14.51 MYR
Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal Is Doing to the World
Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal Is Doing to the World

Exposé of fast food's insidious industry impacts.

If you've ever wondered about the real cost of convenience—health-wise and ethically—'Fast Food Nation' is an eye-opener. Schlosser's deep dive into fast food's underbelly will make you think twice about your next meal choice. It's investigative journalism that's as addictive as the fries he scrutinizes, delivering a well-researched narrative that could reform your eating habits and awareness.

  • Puddly Award for Nonfiction (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal Is Doing to the World

by Eric Schlosser
RM14.51 MYR
ISBN: 9780713996029
Authors: Eric Schlosser
Publisher: Allen Lane The Penguin Press
Date of Publication: 2001-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Business, History, Science, Sociology, Food & Drink
Related Topics: Politics, History, Food and Drink, Social Issues, Economics, Sociology, Health
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 205565 readers)

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Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser's disturbing and timely exploration of one of the world's most controversial industries, has become a massive bestseller in America and rightly deserves to be so this side of the pond. On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its cheapness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems harmless. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenisation and speediness has radically transformed the West's diet, landscape, economy and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. However, he rapidly moves behind the counter to the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavour company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns". Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--faeces in
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Exposé of fast food's insidious industry impacts.

If you've ever wondered about the real cost of convenience—health-wise and ethically—'Fast Food Nation' is an eye-opener. Schlosser's deep dive into fast food's underbelly will make you think twice about your next meal choice. It's investigative journalism that's as addictive as the fries he scrutinizes, delivering a well-researched narrative that could reform your eating habits and awareness.

  • Puddly Award for Nonfiction (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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