Adam Chandler
Adam Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York.
About Adam
Adam Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York. A former staff writer at The Atlantic, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, WIRED, Vox, Slate, New York Magazine, Texas Monthly, Esquire, TIME, and elsewhere.
Chandler is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom,(Flatiron/Macmillan), which was named an NPR Favorite Book of the Year, an Amazon Best Book of the Year, and a Smithsonian Best Food Book of the Year.
His second book, 99% Perspiration, will be published by Pantheon Books in 2024!
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Drive-Thru Dreams
Drive-Thru Dreams examines American culture, history, and identity through the prism of fast food.
Selected Writing
New York Times
Nothing Can Replace the Bodega
Marker
How a Shadow Army of Ghost Kitchens Took Over America’s Restaurants
Vox
The Best Money
I Ever Spent
The Atlantic
What I Saw as a
2020 Census Worker
WIRED
Uber, Taxi Cabs, and the Limits of Digital Disruption
The Washington Post
Let’s Politicize the
Coronavirus Crisis