In 1995 McDonald's tinkered with a take-home meal restaurant called Hearth Express in Darien, Ill.

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Late in the afternoon, the people in our neighborhood, who had all been feeling ill at ease, gathered in the dimness of our house to share a meal.

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The meal went on much longer than anticipated, and Rousselot began to feel ill.

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