Fast Food Nation

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2002

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Journalist Eric Schlosser, author of the New York Times best-seller Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, says the fast-food industry should be exposed to the same scrutiny given tobacco and drug companies. We'll take a look at what's become the All-American Meal — a take-out burger, fries and soda — and find out what's really in those "goodies" that will have us shelling out over $110 billion this year.

On a brighter note, Jane and Michael Stern are eating old-fashioned apple dumplings at Southern Kitchen in Charleston, West Virginia. Our cheese guy Steve Jenkins is back with advice on picking American Cheddars, Stephanie Curtis talks food in the movies, and Lynne has a TV-Tray Menu for Academy Awards night.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

March 17, 2001 (originally aired)
February 16, 2002 (rebroadcast)

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1:35.1	Today we take a look at the meal that identifies America to the world, the fast food burger, fries, and Coke.
1:43.1	We talk to a man who believes the fast food industry should be examined with the same scrutiny we applied to tobacco and drug companies.
1:46.2	Eric Schlosser is the author of Fast Food Nation,
1:52.7	the dark side of the all-American meal. Our slow food junkies, Jane and Michael Stern, are eating apple dumplings in Charleston, West Virginia. Cheesemonger Steve Jenkins picks the best American
1:58.1	chedders. Then the movie Chocolat has inspired a conversation on food in film,
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2:25.2	cooking is pleasure, a practical guide to nourishing ourselves and the people we care about.
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