I had exactly the same reaction — my teenager already would not eat beef as a protest to overgrazing and after reading Fast Food Nation I won’t eat beef except the local products Jim mentioned. The process is... (6 replies, last updated by sueh April 2, 2002)

Nation" and then go on to voice some shrill opinion. I know fast food isn’t good for me – I can skip the attitude that goes along with the conclusion. (28 replies, last updated by Leonardo December 7, 2006)

I’m reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser right now. I’m only a third through, and already I’m slightly appalled and also at the same time intrigued by the observation and points he is making. Basically, he... (22 replies, last updated by Jill-O September 3, 2002)

Has anyone had a chance to read the new edition of Simple Cooking? I just finished it. Firstly, 11 or 12 of the 16 pages are devoted solely to criticism of the book "Fast Food Nation." (Two of the remaining are devoted to an... (10 replies, last updated by John Tracey June 4, 2001)

A couple of years ago I read an amazing article in Rolling Stone about fast food — about french fries and the effect that fast, cheap food has had on the way people eat and work. He has completed a book on the subject... (29 replies, last updated by Harrison December 20, 2000)

).....any suggestions? it doesn’t really have to be per say "fast food", but something that would still taste good by the time i took it home. (9 replies, last updated by Jerome October 20, 2005)

A recent article in the Nation by Eric Schlosser author of "Fast Food Nation," may be of interest. I knew about it before this, but hadn’t realized the proportions of the problem. (Personally, I never eat ground beef unless... (0 replies, last updated by saucyknave September 3, 2002)

It’s on today, and i’m guessing will be archived at link below by tomorrow. If you’re in the SF, CA area, KQED at 88.5 plays Fresh Air at 1 and 7 pm. (WARNING! It’s pledge drive time, so I don’t know... (2 replies, last updated by Mike March 15, 2001)

My Taiwanese roommate was amazed that the McDonald’s food here in the states tasted exactly the same as in Taiwan. (35 replies, last updated by katya May 5, 2005)

Washington Post to the rescue! This morning’s paper was a feature article on food at Nationals Park. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040100595_pf.html (47 replies, last updated by Meg August 13, 2008)

I just wanted to highlight a great blog from the Orange County Register called Fast Food Maven. It has great, up-to-date info on the OC (California) restaurant business. It also has national restaurant chain news, too.... (0 replies, last updated by nubi January 16, 2009)

I wondering if anyone knew of any independently owned Fast Food restaurants in the New Jersey, Connecticut, upstate NY and Pennsylvania areas. It shouldn’t be any longer than a 2 hour drive from Manhattan. I am not looking... (1 reply, last updated by Put a Sake in it March 21, 2007)

. The fries at McD’s are pretty damn good too, but they were better before the fast-food-nation-supersize-me do-gooders made them take the beef tallow out of the frying oil! (33 replies, last updated by David Kahn April 15, 2006)

Can you recommend any ethnic fast food chains in L.A.? What I mean by this are LA locations of foreign fast food places. All I can think of thus far are Jollibee and Chow King, both from the Philippines. There must be others here... (30 replies, last updated by chowmominLA April 14, 2009)

Has anybody tried a veggie burger at McDonald’s or Burger King? Except for In N Out, I’m not usually a fan of most fast food. These items sound interesting but nearly all the opinions I came across so far were... (12 replies, last updated by Sam D. June 8, 2003)