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Restaurant dishes everyone loved the decade you were born

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 8 months ago

Dining out through the decades


It’s safe to say our taste buds have changed over the last 80 years. If you went out in the 1940s everyone was eating turtle soup, the 1970s had us impressed by loaded potato skins and in the 2000s we thought molten chocolate cake was haute cuisine. Find out what dish everyone was ordering the decade you were born.




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1940s: chop suey

By the 1940s America’s love affair with Chinese cuisine

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These were America’s top chefs when you were born

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 9 months ago

Chefs through the ages


The idea of the celebrity chef has changed enormously in America over most of our lifetimes. Back in the 1940s, most restaurant chefs’ names were completely unknown to the general public, but by the 1990s dozens of working chefs were legitimate celebrities, usually because of appearances on television or through best-selling cookbooks. Get a glimpse into what chef culture was when you were born by exploring the best-known chefs of past decades.




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1940s: James

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The most popular restaurant dish the decade you were born

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 9 months ago

Dining out through the decades


It’s safe to say our taste buds have changed over the last 80 years. If you went out in the 1940s everyone was eating turtle soup, the 1970s had us impressed by loaded potato skins and in the 2000s we thought molten chocolate cake was haute cuisine. Find out what dish everyone was ordering the decade you were born.




Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.

1940s: chop suey

By the 1940s America’s love affair with Chinese cuisine

… Read More

America’s top chefs in the year you were born

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 10 months ago

Chefs through the ages


The idea of the celebrity chef has changed enormously in America over most of our lifetimes. Back in the 1940s, most restaurant chefs’ names were completely unknown to the general public, but by the 1990s dozens of working chefs were legitimate celebrities, usually because of appearances on television or through best-selling cookbooks. Get a glimpse into what chef culture was when you were born by exploring the best-known chefs of past decades.




Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.

1940s: James

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