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    there is need for whatever solution you wish to provide. Do not write why you want to embark on the project on this section. Hotels have been known of placing a menu card or menu paper on the table so that a customer gets to read it and select the food he/ she wants to eat while a waiter is noting down by his side. Mostly for financial reasons hotels seems to be mostly understaffed and getting the limited waiters’ attention becomes a struggle. If not carefully maintained the menu papers wear away

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    The Role of Culture

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    Vissing (2011) explains culture as “an organized system of living and thinking. It contains shared attitudes‚ values‚ goals‚ and behaviors that are present in individuals‚ groups‚ organizations‚ or regions of the world” (p. 24). Describe some of the ways that the role of culture can shape our expectations about how people are supposed to behave? Use the following terms in your explanation: values‚ norms‚ material‚ status‚ groups and roles. Culture can shape our expectations about how people are

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    oil-saturated "goodness" served at fast food restaurants‚ or the simple desire to be in fast food restaurants. The main reason for this behaviour is in arguably due to the frequent screening of fast food advertisements on television‚ online‚ and in other forms of media; but‚ what is fast food advertising? Bluntly put‚ it is a means through which corporate giants in the food and beverage industry exploit the naivety and innocence of children to encourage the masses to consume their food. With more children wanting

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    Whether we like it or not‚ fast food and its detrimental effects have become an epidemic. For many years‚ people have been oblivious to the growth of the fast food industry. However‚ over the past three decades‚ the fast food industry has nearly taken over our American society; almost anywhere‚ one can see its vast influence. As a result‚ in his book‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser portrays the influence of the industry. By implementing pathetic appeals for injustice and disgust‚ statistics from

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    Government‚ Fast Food and American Obesity Should the government get involved in controlling what food options are available to American consumers in an effort to fight the war on obesity? The obesity rate for Americans today has almost doubled compared to the rate in 1997 (CDC‚ 2012). Some believe this increase‚ especially in children‚ has to do with the increase in so many unhealthy fast food restaurants (Chou et al‚ 2010). However‚ does the government have the right to tell fast food restaurants

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    Food and Culture Review

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    Anna French: Review of Carole Counihan and Penny Van Esterik (eds) Food and Culture‚ A Reader (Routledge‚ 1997) 432 pp‚ £21.99 (pb) ISBN: 0415917107 Carole Counihan and Penny Van Esterik’s Food and Culture is an excellent collection of articles surveying the interrelated themes of food‚ society and culture. The book aims to provide an introduction to the much neglected topic of ‘food’‚ and to place it into various academic narratives‚ by relating the topic to a range of broad themes and definitions

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    Chris Wagner English 5th Mrs. Leonard 1.29.13 Theories of how Edgar Allan Poe died. 1. Alcoholism There has been much discussion on the topic of Poe being an alcoholic. Some have stated that he drank only on rare occasions‚ and kept admirable control of himself. Others have gone as far as to brand him a raging alcoholic and opium addict. Still others claim that he when had bouts of depression and overindulged at these times. Poe himself once said‚ "I have absolutely no pleasure in the

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    KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND THE GLOBAL FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY Background of the Study During the 1960s and 1970s‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) pursued an aggressive strategy of restaurant expansion‚ quickly establishing itself as one of the first fast-food restaurant chains in the US. KFC was also one of the first U.S. -food restaurant chains to expand overseas. By 1990‚ restaurants located outside of the U.S. were generating over 50 percent of KFC’s total profits. By the end of

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    Eric Schlosser wrote the book “Fast Food Nation” to prove that the fast food industry is solely responsible for many problems that affect today’s society. He begins his argument by explaining how the fast food industry came to be and who made it happen. Carl Karcher was the biggest starting pioneer of this new industry. After his marriage in 1939‚ he bought his first hot dog cart and “by the end of 1994‚ [he] owned 4 hot dog carts in Los Angeles.” His next fast food venture was his Drive-In Barbeque

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    In Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser expands on why Americans should ditch fast food restaurants. He explores the origin of the most successful fast food chains‚ including McDonalds‚ Taco Bell‚ and Burger King. Split up into different sections‚ Schlosser describes the unsanitary kitchens‚ the underpaid employees‚ and the unsafe meatpacking industry. Above all the common theme found throughout this nonfiction book is the underlying greed found throughout the entire fast food industry. Schlosser starts

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