Most Popular Halloween Candy in Each US State
This Cuisine Is Fastest Growing in US
Asian food is the fastest growing cuisine in the United States. Between 1999 and 2015, sales of Asian fast food soared 135 percent, far outpacing Latin and Middle Eastern cuisines, according to the market research firm Euromonitor. There are several factors driving the growth, according to author Andrew Coe who wrote the 2009 book Chop […]
Americans Waste a Lot of Food
Americans waste almost a half kilogram of food per person every day, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Vermont found that between 2007 and 2014, Americans wasted over 136,000 metric tons of food every day. To put that amount into perspective, researchers said it equates to food grown on just over 12 […]
America’s Fast Food Habits
It’s no secret that Americans have a taste for fast food. In fact, almost one in four Americans eats it daily, according to a report from CBS News. However, the amount of fast food consumed varies depending on the region, according to a new report from Texas-based Datafiniti, which broke down some of the data […]
US Beer Market Explodes in the 2000s
There are seven times more breweries in the United States than there were in 2001, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In 2016, there were 2,843 breweries nationwide, with the biggest growth coming in 2013 and 2014. Both Colorado and California, which were on the forefront of the craft brewing renaissance, […]
Americans Increasingly Buying Groceries Online
The Amazoning of the U.S. economy continues at a rapid rate, and now more and more Americans are buying their groceries online. According to a report from the Food Marketing Institute, online grocery shopping will make up 20 percent of all grocery shopping by 2025. That’s about $100 billion in sales, or between 2 and […]
Here are America’s Favorite Christmas Candies
Not quite two months after binging on Halloween candy, Americans will once again indulge in sweets over the Christmas holidays. According to the National Confectioners Association, Americans will spend $1.93 billion on candy over the holidays, an increase of approximately 2 percent from last year. The types of candy Americans buy vary from state to […]
American Pizza: Different Forms, Different Tastes
Two of America’s biggest cities are again embroiled in a food fight – over pizza. To Chicagoans, their deep-dish pie is the best pizza in the country. New Yorkers like large slices of thin pizza and claim theirs is the best. The tiff between the cities has been going on for years and recently flared […]
Watermelon? There’s a Day for That. Doughnuts? That too.
Monday is National Raspberries N’ Cream Day. Tuesday is National Frozen Custard Day, and Wednesday is National Rice Pudding Day. In fact, if you look at NationalDayCalendar.com, you’ll see that pretty much every day of the year celebrates some kind of food. These “holidays” are seemingly popular, often trending on Twitter, and featured prominently in […]
What take-out food reveals about US history
From fast-food restaurants to pizza delivery, the history of take-out food can tell us plenty about American history because what we eat and how we eat it, often reflects the changes taking place in society at any particular time. “You can learn a lot from food,” says Emelyn Rude, a food historian and author of Tastes […]