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Used - Very Good: Shows some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. He has received a number of journalistic honours, including a National Magazine Award for an Atlantic Review article on the drug trade, which was later adapted into the book Reefer Madness.įor the second-hand copy of this book please check “condition” in product details before ordering. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone and the Guardian. His first book, Fast Food Nation, was a major international bestseller. Thanks to this man, you'll never eat a burger again' Evening StandardĮric Schlosser is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly. 'Has wiped that smirk off the Happy Meal. 'Fast Food Nation has lifted the polystyrene lid on the global fast food industry. Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalist and the author of Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and, most recently, Command and Control, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.He has written for Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, among others, and has received a number of journalism honors, including a National Magazine Award. Eric Schlosser visits the lab that re-creates the smell of strawberries examines the safety records of abattoirs reveals why the fries really taste so good and what lurks between the sesame buns - and shows how fast food is transforming not only our diets but our world. Great in depth reporting on all angles of the fast food. It looks good, tastes good, and it's cheap.īut the real cost never appears on the menu. Eric Schlosser holds up marginally better fast food to counteract the horrible fast food industry. Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. Schlosser talked about his book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, published by Houghton Mifflin.The subject of a film by Richard Linklater, Eric Schlosser's explosive bestseller Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World tells the story of our love affair with fast food. Schlosser answered questions submitted by members of the audience at the end of the program. He also talks about the meat processing industry, the rise of the flavor industry to help make highly processed foods taste better, and an increase in obesity in the United States. Schlosser discusses the enormous size and scope of the American fast-food industry, which he suggests has affected the management practices of many other companies, and how its idea of conformity has changed the look of communities around the nation. The book is about the industrialization of food and how it has changed American culture. Schlosser talked about his book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, published by Houghton Mifflin.

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