| Love it or hate it, fast food is embedded in American | | | | food. Usually, they have one particular fast food chain |
| dining culture. Fast food restaurants cater to our | | | | that they adore, and one or two specific menu items |
| modern need for convenience, cheapness and a "no | | | | that they crave several times a week. |
| surprises" experience. | | | | If you happen to be one of these fast-food |
| While it is fashionable to sneer at them, if pressed | | | | conoisseurs--or you know someone who is--the good |
| many of us would confess to really liking at least some | | | | news is that it's easy to obtain the recipe for that |
| of the menu items offered by the major chain | | | | "gotta-have-it" menu item. You can then make the |
| fast-food restaurants. Most kids love those places, as | | | | favored dish at home, saving you at least a few trips |
| you probably know if you have youngsters. Children | | | | to the drive-through. (Of course, you'll miss out on |
| wield a lot of influence with parents looking for a place | | | | having the burger or burrito or whatever come nicely |
| to eat that will satisfy everyone in the family; hence | | | | enveloped in the restaurant's logo-printed wrapping |
| the great effort on the part of fast food restaurants to | | | | paper, but you can't have everything.) |
| market special meals and toys to the younger set. | | | | Recipes for many of the world's favorite fast-food |
| The fact that half of the food ordered at fast food | | | | items can be found by doing a web search for them. |
| places now takes place via the drive-up window | | | | Or, you can purchase one of the books of "secret" |
| should tell you all you need to know about the success | | | | restaurant recipes available in most of the big |
| of this type of restaurant. We Americans practically | | | | bookstores. Conveniently downloadable ebooks, filled |
| live in our cars, so if we're eating a large part of our | | | | with such recipes, are also readily to be found. |
| meals behind the wheel, you know this is one marriage | | | | One tip: As the name implies, fast food tends to be |
| (cars + food) that really will be "'til death do us part." | | | | eaten on the run. But if you decide to make your |
| If you're one of those who resorts to this type of fare | | | | favorite fast-food meal at home, try slowing down and |
| only grudgingly, or because the kids are bugging you | | | | enjoying it at a more leisurely pace. "Slow fast food" -- |
| for it, you might be surprised to learn that there are | | | | now there's a concept. |
| fast-food aficiandos among us who positively love fast | | | | |