Chew on This

Why it’s on the list: The young-reader companion to Fast Food Nation — the same reporting on franchising, flavour chemistry, meatpacking and marketing to children, written to be read by the people being marketed to.

Where I heard about it

• Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — an answer when he asked “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” in his thread, June 2025. The full list of answers is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).

Connections

• A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• Company Building — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: the book is a teardown of the franchise model.