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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry s largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique-comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now. Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low culture, they're sports food, they're kids' food, they're...
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's tough being evil when you have to pay the rent! This comical tale of a demon-lord-turned-fry-slinger follows the daily travails of (former) Devil King Sadao Maou and his general Shiro Ashiya as they navigate the complexities of life in modern-day Tokyo. Having suffered utter defeat at the hands of a plucky hero, they've been banished to earth and stripped of magical power. And if that wasn't enough, that pesky hero is still hell bent on finishing...
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 20
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This complication wears a kimono! The arrival of Suzuno Kamazuki has made everybody's life more complicated! After some misunderstandings regarding Suzuno's intentions toward Maou are cleared up, Emi asks for her help to...defeat the Devil King?! Meanwhile, a shadowy assailant continues to stalk Emi, but what does he--or she--want?"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
A journalist explores the homogenization of American culture and the impact of the fast food industry on modern-day health, economy, politics, popular culture, entertainment, and food production.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Calling all dudes buckle up, because the new adventures of Ed and Dex start now! Your favorite fast-food duo is back and serving up nostalgic laughs and new antics in Good Burger 2. Follow Dexter Reed and original cashier Ed as they reunite in the present day at fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees. Dexter is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the fifteen years, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that's healthy, organic, and natural. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chicken franchise. We follow him every step of the way, from raising poultry and conjuring recipes to designing the brand and scouting a location....
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Speak of the devil, and he'll fry you a burger! Sadao Maou, (aka Satan, the Devil King) has been relegated to flipping burgers at a MgRonald in suburban Tokyo. His greatest challenge so far, though, comes when a Sentucky Fried Chicken opens up across the street. Maou once led the forces of darkness, but can he triumph over the forces of chicken? And the new girl next door seems awfully polite and proper, almost as if she were hiding something..."--Back...
10) The last shift
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On the graveyard shift at Oscar's Chicken and Fish, Stanley is retiring after 38 years and has to train his young replacement. The Boomer dropout who is leaving this career behind and the Milennial columnist who is making ends meet find ways to connect in the early hours of a quiet kitchen.
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Having suffered defeat at the hands of a plucky hero, former Devil King Sadao Maou and his general Shiro Ashiya have been stripped of magical power and banished to Earth where they must navigate the complexities of life in modern-day Tokyo.
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 9
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
People are packed into the beach eatery and Maou's crew can barely keep up until the girls come to their rescue, but when Maou's military adviser appears, trouble may be on the horizon.
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Devil sets out to save his captured fast-food colleague, but stripped of his magic, he wonders if he'll be able to triumph over the powerful foe he faces.
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Written and illustrated by the fine folks at the Emmy Award-winning studio Bento Box Entertainment, this title is about the Belcher family. It covers Louise's investigation into a pest control problem, Tina's fanciful pursuit of Jimmy Pesto's heart, and Gene's imaginative reimagining of a maritime classic.
Author
Series
Devil is a part-timer! (manga) volume 8
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Devil King finds employment seaside. With the rest of his household coming along, can the job work out?
16) Clerks II
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
Author
Series
Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Publishing, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lisa Cheese moved to Earth City hoping to make a name for herself as a folk singer... but her very first open mic was a disaster, leaving her with a bionic arm and an identity crisis. Now she's starting a crummy office job, her parents back in their home dimension are laying on the guilt trip, her sister's acting smug, and the cool girl at the record store leaves her tongue-tied. But none of that will mater if the city's demonic new fast food chain...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A group of girls turning eleven cross a threshold in their lives with a bang! Once party! It's not easy seeing your future in the palm of your hand!"
"A science-fiction graphic novella grounded in a familiar experience for most: spending an afternoon with our best pals over a burger and fries. But this joint has something more special than a Happy Meal: the "Once Party" menu. The "Once Party" menu, for ages 11 and up, can only be ordered once (of...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the...
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