by Lisa Stoffer and Michael Lesy From the publisher: What we ate, how we ate, and how eating changed during America’s first real food revolution, 1900–1910. Before Julia Child introduced […]
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McDonald’s: Behind the Arches
by John F. Love From the publisher: Perfect for fans of The Founder, this is the real-life story of the world’s premier entrepreneurial success. The growth of McDonald’s worldwide continues […]
Honest Eats: Celebrating the Rich Food History of Indiana’s Historic Lincoln Highway
by Keith Elchert and Laura Weston-Elchert From the publisher: The Lincoln Highway is America’s oldest interstate route, 100 years old as of 2013. But it is much less known and […]
Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food
by Andrew F. Smith From the publisher: This ready reference objectively explores the American obsession through products, corporations and entrepreneurs, social history, popular culture, organizations, issues, politics, commercialism and consumerism, […]
Movie theatres start selling food during the Depression
When the Great Depression comes along, the first things to go bankrupt are the movie theaters in the early 1930s. So, exhibitors came up with all kinds of strategies to […]
Green Books guided black Americans to welcoming restaurants and inns
“Prior to the arrival of the Green Book, Black Americans relied on the kindness of strangers – also Black – when traveling. Until the 1960s, Jim Crow laws in Southern […]
History of airline meals began in 1919
The first ever airline meal was served in 1919 on a Handley-Page flight from London to Paris. Selections at the time typically included cold fried chicken, fruit salads, and sandwiches […]
The Ornate Ice Cream Saloons That Served Unchaperoned Women
Throughout the 19th century, restaurants catered to a predominately male clientele. Much like taverns and gentlemen’s clubs, they were places where men went to socialize, discuss business, and otherwise escape […]
Urban development shaped the way 19th-century New Yorkers ate
In the 18th century, dining out wasn’t common…Restaurants as we know them didn’t exist and people mostly ate at their homes. Only travelers ate out and their options were taverns […]
Anti-Chinese Immigration Laws Encouraged Growth of Chinese Restaurants
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred the entry of Chinese laborers into the United States, yet also ended up stimulating the formation of certain Chinese businesses through a system […]