The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I think it's possible to have food that's healthy, that's good for you to eat, that's also inexpensive. We don't have to… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home.… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls,… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
'Fast Food Nation' appeared as an article in 'Rolling Stone' before it was a book, so I was extending it from the… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
McDonald's revolutionized fast food. They introduced a way to eat food without knives, forks or plates. Most fast foods can be eaten… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There should be limits… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
What we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 40,000. The survival of the current food… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The symptoms of food poisoning often don't appear for days after the contaminated meal was eaten. As a result, most cases of… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I went into the library and read about fast food and became amazed by all the stuff I didn't know. I learned… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a sense of… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
“The medical literature on the causes of food poisoning is full of euphemisms and dry scientific terms: coliform levels, aerobic plate counts, sorbitol, MacConkey… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the long-term costs… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
“The cable and the X-unit both had female plugs. Somehow the cable had been installed backward. It would take a couple of days to… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
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… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
I think there could hardly be a more important subject than health and nutrition. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
I hate the word "inevitable" because I feel like things don't have to be the way they are. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
There's a real strong link today between soda consumption and obesity among children. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
