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Native to Mexico, Central America, and South America, cocoa beans have had a long standing history in the cuisine and culture of Mesoamerican cultures, notably the Olmecs, Mayan, and Aztecs.
The cocoa bean was the subject of plenty of mythology in…

American barbecue can trace its origins to the cooking techniques of Native Americans, notably the tribes inhabiting the Caribbean, and further utilized and developed by the enslaved Africans and their descendants throughout the centuries.
Barbecue…

This ad from the era just after civil rights features prominent use of AAV, African American Vernacular. They released sets of targeted ads towards African Americans, hoping to draw in their once denied business.

This is arguably the best form of "Fast food." Worldwide, vendors travel the streets selling freshly cooked food for low prices. This is what lead to the interest in full-sized restaurants with comprehensive menus that provided food for low prices on…

Fish and Chips restaurants like this one in Kent England aren't entirely fast food, but definitely fall under "Quick service restaurant." These were important to building the public's taste for a place to spend time with their friends between work…

This book is both a historical account and a love letter of the French bread making process. It is important to the history of bread because the French have been world renowned for their breads for centuries and the decline of their bread is a…

This item is a very good overview of bread trends throughout American history. It does a very good job at glossing over and giving brief ideas, but it is a great resource to understand how bread was able to become mainstream, especially things like…

The importation of maize into international diets began with the first encounters with the native inhabitants of the Pre-Columbian Americas by European settlers and explorers starting as early as the 15th century.
Maize can trace its origins to…

This picture illustrates a portable pie oven, in bright colors and a fair amount of medieval flair. The oven is round and wood fired and is being transported on wheels, while being dragged by two men, with two others throwing bread in and out of the…

Cornbread is a traditional food of various Amerindian tribes of the southeast United States that was adopted into Euro-American and enslaved cuisine by as the 18th century. As the 1700s progressed, more and more grain was exported from the Thirteen…