By any standard, Sysco’s version of chicken-fried steak is the antithesis of authenticity. But it is the pinnacle of large-scale engineered cuisine. Baugh, who died in 2007, ...

Sysco, with Burford's backing, had accused major chicken and pork suppliers of a years-long conspiracy to fix wholesale prices in violation of U.S. antitrust law. Some defendants have agreed to ...