The First Great American Hospitality Empire | Stephen Fried
This is a Vintage episode from 2010.
This show was recorded in 2010 and discusses a high fructose corn syrup study in rats. The current human evidence does not support the Princeton rat-study implication that high fructose corn syrup is uniquely more fattening than sucrose, but excess added sugar in our food supply, as well as obesity, are still of concern today.
Why This Episode Matters
Fred Harvey built one of America’s first national hospitality systems, proving that restaurants could scale without abandoning quality, standards, or service.
The Harvey organization changed railroad dining…
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