Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American are now overweight. Spurlock's grueling diet spirals him into a metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac.
The author describes how she and her husband moved from cosmopolitan Paris to rural Provence after their son was born, the beginning of their adventures as culinary entrepreneurs, and their initiation into classic Proven??al cuisine.
how a founding father and his slave James Hemings introduced French cuisine to America
Craughwell, Thomas J.
2012
Describes Thomas Jefferson's partnership with his slave James Hemings in which the slave accompanied the new ambassador to France to train in the art of French cooking while Jefferson learned about French agriculture in order to bring the traditions back to the United States.
