Chicken fried steak (also known as country fried steak) is a piece of beef steak (tenderized cubed steak) coated with seasoned flour and pan fried. It is associated with Southern U.S. cuisine and hospitality. Its name is likely due to the dish's similar preparation as with fried chicken, and chicken fried steak is also similar to the classic Austrian dish Wiener Schnitzel, a tenderized veal cutlet, coated with breadcrumbs and fried.

Each Saturday at 1, as chicken fries in vats of oil or ham bakes in an oven, several dozen people, many of them African-American women of a certain age, come together for worship in a former auto bay. Those who gather here have traveled many roads, none of them smooth. They bring their stories with them.

Americans gorge on fast food. Be it greasy burgers, tacos, fried chicken, baked potatoes, sandwiches or pizzas. Fast food is so popular in the U.S. that there are more than 300,000 fast food restaurants in the U.S. Fast food has become a part of the busy American lifestyle because it is convenient, tasty and time-saving.

Intrepid California Correspondent, Chicken Fried tries out the two bite mini cupcakes at Leda's Bake Shop in Sherman Oaks

Fried Chicken is not something everyone can indulge in, because of the high-fat content, but this oven baked version might just help satisfy those cravings.

You go from a lot of MREs and crappy stuff at the mess hall to prime rib on Sundays,” said Curll, 21, of Lancaster, Mass., over a dinner of baked chicken followed by ice cream in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone. The two indulged at first but said they learned to resist most of the fried food and extra desserts that dominate the menu at U.S.