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Fast Food: The Good, Bad and Hungry

With Andrew F. Smith, a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history and the general editor for the “Edible Series.”

This talk explores why the fast food industry has been so successful and examines the myriad ethical lines it has crossed to become so. It shows that fast food—plain and simple—devised a perfect retail model, one that works everywhere, to provide highly flavored calories with speed, economy and convenience.











When: Thu., Mar. 17, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Andrew F. Smith, a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history and the general editor for the “Edible Series.”

This talk explores why the fast food industry has been so successful and examines the myriad ethical lines it has crossed to become so. It shows that fast food—plain and simple—devised a perfect retail model, one that works everywhere, to provide highly flavored calories with speed, economy and convenience.

Buy tickets/get more info now