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Selling 'Em by the Sack
Selling 'em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food
- Author
- David Gerard Hogan
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 204
- Recommended
- Once
A history of White Castle, the chain that industrialised the hamburger in the 1920s and in doing so helped invent American fast food — the standardised kitchen, the identical urban outlet, and the campaign to persuade a sceptical public that ground beef was safe to eat.
Why it’s on the list: Appears on @mastersinvest’s 2025 reading list, a feed that skews heavily toward company and founder biography.
Where I saw it: @mastersinvest’s “2025 Reading … so far” list, August 20, 2025, listed there as “White Castle & The Creation of American Food”. The full 46-title list is transcribed on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.