Fast Food Nation: the dark side of the all-American meal.FAST FOOD NATION: the dark side of the all-American meal. Eric Schlosser Eric Schlosser (born August 17, 1959) is an award-winning American journalist and author known for investigative or muckraking journalism. A number of critics have compared his work to that of Upton Sinclair [1]. . 2001. Read by Rick Adamson. Abridged. 6 tapes. 9 hrs. Random House Audio. 0-553-52900-5. $29.95. Cardboard; content, author notes. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. * Research journalist Schlosser describes the origins, development, and current state of fast food--the many chain restaurants that grew after McDonald's proved to be so successful in franchise. Fast food is processed and served with little regard to those who produce it, those who serve it and those who ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. it. And advertising, and later "branding," can create hunger for any item. Branding (Schlosser uses the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney company as an example) insures a sale by putting the company's name on almost anything to sell it. Two sections that will appeal especially to YAs are Schlosser's examination of so-called "natural flavors" (created secretly in New Jersey chemical factories) added to all the heavily processed foods most of this country eats at fast food restaurants, and Schlosser's graphic descriptions of the current meat/chicken raising, processing, and packaging industry that is much less competitive, much less safe and much more dangerous than anything Upton Sinclair described in his classic muckraking muck·rake intr.v. muck·raked, muck·rak·ing, muck·rakes To search for and expose misconduct in public life. [From the man with the muckrake, groundbreaker The Jungle written almost 100 years ago. A lively, exacting reading by Adamson makes this detailed book an enlightening en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: listen. A coherent abridgment; full length would have been better. Jean Palmer, KLIATT |
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