Dinner replaces supper.īreakfast Melons, sago, vegetable hash, broiled veal cutlets, fried tomatoes, coffee. The shift from taking the main meal at midday to evening. Good Housekeeping Woman's Home Cookbook/Curtisĭaily menus are served by month or season, reflecting historic pre-mass refrigeration techonolgy practices.Enterprising Cook/Enterprise Manufacturing Co.Provided products, "invented" recipes and created a steady demand for a wider variety of foods. Corporate giants such as the National BiscuitĬompany (Nabisco), Campbells, Swift, General Mills, Quaker Oats, Kraft, Jell-O, and Hershey's New products flooded the American markets. Workers/nutrition experts taught their students practical skills regarding cooking safety, Many visited tenement homes and worked one-on-one with families. They established soup kitchens and classes for new immigrants and low-income homemakers. Some of these women became social workers whoĪdvocated for the poor. The Home Economics movement of the late 19th century continued full-force in the 20th.Ĭollege women studied the science of cookery and applied their knowledge to improving the Generally found in homes until the 1930s. Electric appliances (refrigerators, stoves) were introduced but not Electricity was introduced to homesīeginning with urban areas. The first Italian-styleĪdvances in transportation, food preservation, and home storage began to equalize local foodĪvailability and lessen dependence upon seasonal variations. Many opened restaurants and imported foods. Waves of immigrants introduced new foods and flavors. Manufacturers flooded our markets with new "covenience" foods, such as Jell-O.įactors affecting Americans cuisine 1900-1910 Heritage, religious traditions), where they lived (regional food preferences: New Orleans Creole, New England founding father?)Īnd how much money they had (wealthy railroad tycoon? immigrant street peddler?). What people ate depended primarily upon who they were (ethnic If you need menusįrom a specific place and time (1900 Atlantic City? 1945 Nashville?) or menus for specific type of restaurant (Railroadĭining car? Harvey House? Drive-in movie?) we can help you find dedicated books, museums andġ900s: Victorian traditions startled by American technologyĭuring the early decades of the 20th century, Americans foods reflected the great diversity of Library's digital menu collections to identify what was served in all types of restaurants during Local newspapers Did your local newspaper run a food column that decade? If so? Perfect. Browse them for recipes, food ads, table decorations, and party tips. Even better? Find a library that owns these magazines for Home, Better Homes and Gardens, and Southern Living. Ladies Home Journal, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, American "menus" "meals" and "dining" to locate articles printed in popular magazines such as the The librarians at your local public library can help you with this. Magazines Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Wilson Help you identify nearby libraries with historic culinary collections or try to borrow them. Period cookbooks can be identified with the Library of Congress catalog and state or city library catalogs. Unfortunately, most public libraries do not own old cookbooks. You need primary resources.Ĭookbooks Period cookbooks are the best sources for authentic recipes, menu suggestions, table This is the fun part! It's also time-consuming and labor-intensive. If you want to identify period recipes, menus, table settings & decorations new food introductions, restaurant openings, cookbooks, technological advancements & Century in Food: America's Fads and Favorites, Beverly Bundy [Collector.excellent for social context, commentary, & selected recipes: 1920s-1980s Fashionable Foods: Seven Decades of Food Fads, Sylvia Lovegren.If you think it's best to stick with "signature" decade foods everyone will recognize, start.
1900s Texas chili parlors? 1930s Chicago soup kitchens? 1970s California cuisine? 1990s Decide if you want to feature local fare.1980s formal dinner? 1960s backyard barbecue? 1950s Vegas resort extraganza? 1940s teen party? 1920s Gatsby speakeasy Once you figure out what you want to accomplish, the rest will fall Morris County (NJ) Cooks! Eleven delicious decades Food Timeline: popular American decade foods, menus, products & party planningĢ0th century American foods.
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