Fast Food Nation

what the all-American meal is doing to the world

by Eric Schlosser

Paperback, 400 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2002 by Penguin Books Ltd.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-100687-1
OCLC Number:: 883559681

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(67 reviews)

DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING WHEN YOU TUCK INTO THAT JUICY BURGER?

Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. It looks good, tastes good, and it's cheap. But the real cost never appears on the menu.

Eric Schlosser's explosive bestseller, by turns funny and terrifying, tells the story of our love affair with fast food. He visits the lab that re-creates the smell of strawberries; examines the safety records of abattoirs; reveals why the fries taste so good and what really lurks between the sesame buns--and shows how fast food is transforming not only our diets but our world. (back cover)

DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING WHEN YOU TUCK INTO THAT JUICY BURGER?

Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. It looks good, tastes good, and it's cheap. But the real cost never appears on the menu.

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BobQuasit reviewed Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

A life-changing expose - literally.

4 stars

It's not the most enjoyable reading experience, but it's a powerful one. Schlosser rips off the curtain covering America's fast food industry and reveals the ugly truths behind it. It's The Jungle (1906) of it's day. After reading it, I stopped eating fast food. It has been decades since I've eaten MacDonald's, Burger King or their equivalents.

A. Rivera reviewed Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

Review of 'Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Borrowed this copy from the UHD Library. It is one of 5 copies we ordered given the book is popular, and it is a required reading in some classes.

See my note on the book:
[http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-finally-finished-reading-fast-food.html]

Sharyl reviewed Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

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4 stars

There is an amazing amount of information in this book, all very eye-opening. It MAY put you off your feed--just a warning, towards the end, especially. Schlosser mentions Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle quite a bit during the chapters about meatpacking. I haven't read it, but certainly will.

If I'd have underlined everything I'd wanted to remember, the whole book would be marked up--it's all absorbing stuff. (The book is unscathed--resisted the temptation) The link below mentions ConAgra's Greeley Plant, one of the subjects of Schlosser's research.