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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

).....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.

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...

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...

Fight bad food policy by growing your own.

This week’s mission: pizzas that are less fake and greasy, and toasted ciabattas that are more fake and greasy.

Home-cooked meals that are quicker than ordering out.

Food allergies are on the rise and on the mind.

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Fry them up for Hanukkah.