Natural Food versus Fast Food
In her essay “In Praise of Fast Food”, Rachel Laudan discusses the differences between natural and processed foods and which are healthier. She also discussed her personal experiences with the topic. Laudan knows a great deal about this particular debate because she grew up on a farm eating “natural foods” as well as using natural recipes herself. “My culinary style, like so many people’s, was created by those who scorned industrialized food; culinary Luddites” (Laudan 331). She does not, however, completely agree that all natural foods are healthier than processed foods, using history as a large part of her argument. This essay had a very clear motive and made numerous key points about this debate, making it very effective to the intended audience, the general public. The essay contained outside sources or rely only on author’s experience?
Right from the start, Laudan makes her background very clear, showing her personal connection to the issues in her essay. The author tells the audience that she grew up being taught to “sweep our cupboards clean forever of the cluttering debris of commercial sauce bottles and all synthetic aids to flavoring.’” (Laudan 331). She tells us that she grew up around these “Luddites” but “as a historian”, she “cannot accept the account of the past implied by this (Luddite) movement: the sunny, rural days of yore contrasted with the gray industrial present.” (Laudan 332). Later in this paragraph, she comments “I believe, that the Luddites have it back to
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front.” (Laudan 332). At this point, she has established her position and the rest of her argument follows.
Laudan brings up the fact that she is a historian, which implies that she will use her knowledge of ...
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