Drive-thru dreams : a journey through the heart of America's fast-food kingdom / Adam Chandler.

"Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry's largest players has long been scrutinized and gutt...

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Main Author: Chandler, Adam (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:276 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The national meal -- The Colonel -- Soft market -- Freedom from want -- Are we there yet? -- Poultry in motion -- Into the cities -- "Yes, it can be done" -- Drive-thru America -- Glasnost -- Good places -- Crisp digital nuggets -- Belonging -- The fast casual frontier -- The lonesome hours. 
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