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Many of our Halloween traditions were inspired by the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, marking the completion of crop harvesting for the year and the beginning of the dark days of winter – an...
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The pumpkin spice craze started back in 2004, when Starbucks introduced its now-iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, a coffee-based beverage flavored with pumpkin pie spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves),...
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Restaurants, and especially fast food places, have long complained about food carts siphoning off business — and Taco Bell has often been criticized for appropriating, disrespecting, and even...
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There’s no doubt that we love pizza in America. According to some studies, it’s our favorite food, enjoyed more than steak, hamburgers, tacos, or pasta. Statistics show that we eat an average of...
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Between the end of World War II and the end of the 20th century, Americans (especially city-dwellers) forgot a lot about food — where it came from, how it looked in its natural state, how to cook...
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At the World Whiskies Awards presented in March of this year by the trade publication The Drinks Report, the winner in the World’s Best Single Malt category wasn’t from Scotland – birthplace of...
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Pizza arrived in America sometime in the late 19th century, and the earliest pizzerias probably opened just before the dawn of the 20th. The people responsible for bringing pizza to these shores,...
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There are an estimated 77,000 pizzerias, including chain restaurant locations, around the U.S., and while a pie from Domino’s or Papa John’s will probably be pretty much identical from one corner...
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Last year, everybody was talking (and TikTok-ing) about “The Great Resignation” — the hitherto unimaginable rate at which people were telling their employers to take this job and…well, try to...
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According to a study published in 2018 by the marketing blog Invesp about U.S. online grocery shopping statistics and trends, 48% of American food shoppers were already buying at least a portion of...
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Halloween is increasingly celebrated all around the world, but nobody does it quite like the U.S.A. It’s our third most popular holiday after Christmas and Thanksgiving. We’ve got events,...
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Chain restaurants as we know them today probably started with the ABC (Aerated Bread Company) and Lyons teashops that popped up in London and elsewhere around the U.K. in the mid- to late-19th...
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