A Public Outcry Usually Masks

I Went Into The Library And Read About Fast Food And Became Amazed By All The Stuff I Didn't Know. I Learned That There Is A Whole World Behind The Counter That, It Seemed To Me, Has Been Deliberately Hidden From The Public.

I Find That One Of The Most Important Things, As A Writer, Is To Just Show Up - To Just Stay In The Chair And Fight Through The Difficult Patches. As Long As You're At The Desk, And You're Willing To Fight It Out, Eventually The Right Words Will Come.

Point Of View Is Present In Anything I Write, But I Really Try To Let The Subject And Facts Speak For Themselves.

Today The U.s. Government Can Demand The Nation-wide Recall Of Defective Softball Bats, Sneakers, Stuffed Animals, And Foam-rubber Toy Cows. But It Cannot Order A Meatpacking Company To Remove Contaminated, Potentially Lethal Ground Beef From Fast Food Kitchens And Supermarket Shelves.

A Generation Ago, Three-quarters Of The Money Used To Buy Food In The United States Was Spent To Prepare Meals At Home. Today About Half Of The Money Used To Buy Food Is Spent At Restaurants--mainly At Fast Food Restaurants.