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Kentucky Fried Chicken released a series of commercials early in their lifetime that claimed their food was just as good as home cooking while having none of the mess to clean up. These commercials included "mother's day" along with print ads…

Potatoes are a food native to South America that made its way to Europe through the exportation of Native American food complexes from 15th century exploration and colonization.
King Frederick sought to modernize the kingdom of Prussia during his…

This picture shows a recipe for how to make bread in ancient times and the process that it entails. This recipe is incredibly simple and easy to replicate, with the biggest hurdle being finding the ingredients necessary. This process starts with…

Like London in the United Kingdom, there is more desire in Tokyo, Japan for more authentic American cuisine. Going into the 21st century, while Japan is home to an abundance of burger shops and retro themed diners, there is the beginning of demands…

Three Sisters agriculture, the planting of corn, beans, and squash, was the primary form of agriculture utilized to feed Native American tribes and civilizations from as far south as the Mayans to as north as the Great Lakes region. The map depicts…

Automat food vendors like these were much more common in Europe and still are. This one, from New York, featured low-price, ready-made items for affordable prices. Image getting off the train, headed to your job at the type-writer company, and…

The Big Mac. The grandaddy of it all. McDonald's most famous sandwich helped launch the brand to the top of the fast-food industry. The only sandwich more famous than the Big Mac perhaps is the McRib, but only due to it's fleeting nature.

This book is a fascinating look at both ends of the spectrum of bread history. From the ancient origins of grains being ground into a pulp and cooked on hot rocks, to the modern advancements of biotechnology and major cultural forces, William Rubel…

This article dives deep into the similarities between brewing and baking, with similarities being cereal grains and fermentation and differences being the end product and the exact details of the bread/beer making process. In fact, bread was commonly…

Coca Cola was initially created to be a substitute for alcohol in the late 19th century by former Confederate officer, John Styth Pemberton. The soft drink is known for infamously containing small amounts of cocaine in its formula before 1903 by the…