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11/16/2020

The Common Meal

On Taco Bell and belonging

by Akshay Pendyal

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09/13/2018

Dinnertime and its Discontents

The search for a satisfying meal

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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06/25/2018

A Dash of Peri-Peri

For liberty, for Nando’s

by Grace Linden

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01/09/2012

We Need to Talk About Ronald

The ups and downs of Ronald McDonald

by Greg Beato

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01/20/2011

Movin’ on Down

The myth of the tiny house movement.

by Greg Beato

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05/07/2010

Double Trouble

The hypocrisy of fast-food outrage.

by Greg Beato

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09/12/2009

Driving Miss Lazy

From strippers to politicians, the drive-through may be finally coming into its own.

by Greg Beato

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08/17/2009

Fast Food Nation

A short and sweet history of in-and-out dining.

by Tony Perrottet

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12/10/2008

Fast Friends?

The complicated experience of living next to a Wendy's.

by Jesse Smith

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08/05/2008

Refueling

I hated turnpike rest stops, but then I found Popeye's.

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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