North Carolina has a far-reaching reputation for its farm fresh, home-cooked cuisine. So, it may surprise you that quite a few fast food restaurant chains have Tar Heel State roots. On today鈥檚 show, host Frank Stasio takes a look at the success stories of national franchises like , and as well as regional chains including , and . Joining the conversation are fast foodies Blair Chancey, editor of , and , author of 鈥淭he Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food.鈥� Also joining the discussion are Burney Jennings, President/CEO of ; Eric Newman, executive vice president of ; Kenny Moore, founder of ; and Tom Barbitta, vice president of marketing for .
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
