Kyle Harrison
to-read
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
- Author
- Eric Schlosser
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 385
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Schlosser’s reported account of the fast-food business — franchising, potato and beef supply chains, meatpacking labour, and flavour chemistry — traced from the counter back through the whole system.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — an answer when he asked “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in his thread, June 2025. The full set of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- Supply Chain — The spine of the book: how the food actually gets to the counter.
- Retail — The store-level economics Schlosser starts from.
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.