...This chapter discusses whether chop suey is Chinese in origin and why Chinese food has largely remained at the lower end in the hierarchy of mainstream American consumption. American consumers in general never developed an appetite for China's haute cuisine, such as shark's fins and bird's nest...

...This chapter examines how the food industry's advertising and marketing campaigns contribute to the problem of obesity. The power of advertising and marketing in creating consumer demand for products cannot be overestimated, and low-income people of color in urban communities have been particularly...

... aflatoxin at every step of the production cycle. While the risk of aflatoxin to American consumers is low, it is still higher than the risk from pesticides. But the health problem that would give the peanut and peanut butter industries the biggest headache was fat. The industry also had to counter...