Junk Food Heaven Summary By Yoonis Robleh

The chapter “Junk Food Heaven” by Bill Bryson appears in the book I’m a Stranger Here Myself. Bill Bryson starts the chapter off by cleaning the refrigerator. Bill and his family never clean out the fridge; they put it in a box and send it to the centers for disease control. The reason behind the clean up was the cat has not been seen for a couple of days. Mr. Bryson declared to his wife he was going to go with her next time she is going to the supermarket. The reason for his sudden interest in the supermarket was because the food she bought was not American like. He was tired of eating healthy. Bill blames this on her being of English decent, thus not understanding the rich culture of American junk food. Bryson feels like he is in heaven. He was amazed with how many different kinds of cereal there was. Bill was shocked with the hundreds of types of cereal, especially the six different kinds of cookie cereal. He went on to say everywhere he turned he was something coated in sugar and very unhealthy. It seemed like most of the stuff there was junk food. Bill Bryson went through the store and noticed every time he turned his head he saw some new type of junk food. His wife allowed him to purchase everything he got but that was all she would allow him to eat. Nothing but junk food, and after a couple of days he was sick and tired of it. By the end of the chapter he was back to eating celery and Swedish bread. His opinion was that junk food has lost the taste and quality it once had. its very unhealthy and it is not worth it.