Stop Hating Processed Foods? The Case for Big Ag

About this episode

This episode discusses the case for embracing processed foods and features a tour of Italian cookies.

This week, a food fight: authors Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg present their case for…embracing McDonalds and Burger King? Listen to their vision for a better industrial food system that looks nothing like the farm-to-table diets of Michael Pollen and Alice Waters. Plus, we tour the secret cookies of Italy with Domenica Marchetti; and Elazar Sontag and Lyndsay C. Green discuss the changing state of restaurant criticism. Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

People in this episode

Guests: Jan Dutkiewicz, Gabriel Rosenberg, Domenica Marchetti, Elazar Sontag, Lyndsay C. Green

Topics covered

• processed foods
• industrial food system
• restaurant criticism
• fast food
• food culture
• Italy cookies

Keywords

• processed foods
• McDonalds
• Burger King
• industrial food system
• restaurant criticism
• Italian cookies

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