Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. A woman I know refused to read it because her friends who read it no longer shop at chain grocery stores or eat at fast food restaurants. Scary, enlightening, compelling and well-written. It made me glad I already adjusted my life to (mostly) eschew fast food and grocery chains. One of the reasons I enjoy living in the twin cities is the abundance of whole-food cooperatives, one of which I can (and do) walk to.
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May 23rd, 2005 at 10:33 am
I recommended this book to you 3 years ago, after Derkowski recommended it to me and I read it cover to cover. If my memory serves, you didn’t want to read it. I believe you told me that you found the subject matter grizzly and sensational. Am I imagining this conversation?
It is indeed an eye-opening expose about the fast food industry. As a gal who used to eat and enjoy McD’s 3 lunches a week, it changed my life and eating habits significantly. (Though I still miss those damn fries!)
Poor cows.
BTW- I am eating only organic, brown, free-range eggs now. Sadly, no jumbo double-yolkers for me anymore. But you made a good point about the chicken/hypocrisy thing. Noted.
May 23rd, 2005 at 2:38 pm
Are you implying that I said something three years ago that I may have changed my mind about? Impossible.
Actually, while I don’t remember your recommendation specifically, it was one of many at the time. For whatever reason (perhaps impending pregnancy) I wasn’t up for gruesome reading. I don’t think I would have called it sensationalistic, though, since everyone I knew who read it liked it and respected it. But hey, I’ve been known to say a stupid thing or two in my life.
Organic free-range eggs taste better, too.