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Fast Food: The Good, the Bad and the Hungry
Andrew F Smith
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Description for Fast Food: The Good, the Bad and the Hungry
Paperback. An account of the controversies surrounding the fast-food industry, which has become the most significant culinary trend of our time. Series: Food Controversies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120. .
Fast food is the most pervasive culinary trend of our time. It is an industry that has changed the way the world eats, as the model works virtually everywhere. At its heart are large multinational chains, running an estimated one million outlets in virtually every corner of the world, serving hundreds of millions of people every day. It provides access to reasonably tasty food with speed, economy and convenience, and appeals to customers of practically every nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, class, financial status and culinary tradition on earth.Fast Food: A Global Perspective explores why this industry has been so ... Read more
Fast food is the most pervasive culinary trend of our time. It is an industry that has changed the way the world eats, as the model works virtually everywhere. At its heart are large multinational chains, running an estimated one million outlets in virtually every corner of the world, serving hundreds of millions of people every day. It provides access to reasonably tasty food with speed, economy and convenience, and appeals to customers of practically every nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, class, financial status and culinary tradition on earth.Fast Food: A Global Perspective explores why this industry has been so ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Food Controversies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235745
SKU
V9781780235745
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Ref
99-15
About Andrew F Smith
Andrew F. Smith has taught food studies courses at the New School University in Manhattan since 1996. He is the author or editor of twenty-eight books, including the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2013), Sugar: A Global History (2015) and Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City (2015).
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