A survey of "the dark side of the all-American meal."

Which is why I would serve the men and women who served Uncle Sam an all-American meal whose flavors would not disappoint.

Get a potato peeler, Bren, and we'll whip up a hearty, all-American meal.

The aim of his book, developed from articles written for Rolling Stone, is to force his readers to stop and consider the consequences of McDonald's and its ilk having become inescapable features of the American (and, increasingly, global) landscape - to contemplate "the dark side of the all-American meal."

Ms. Abbey is detecting new interest in "all-American meat-and-potatoes meals."

From California subdivisions to the New Jersey Turnpike: a survey of "the dark side of the all-American meal."