Comments on: Track Food Trends With Google Books http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/12/track-food-trends-with-google-books/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: DianeAKelly http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/12/track-food-trends-with-google-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3799 DianeAKelly Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:12:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=7674#comment-3799 Try "sushi." Practically nothing until around 1950, followed by an enormous jump after 1980. (http://tinyurl.com/27db44u) Try “sushi.” Practically nothing until around 1950, followed by an enormous jump after 1980. (http://tinyurl.com/27db44u)

]]> By: Robert http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/12/track-food-trends-with-google-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3796 Robert Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:59:57 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=7674#comment-3796 Throw "macaroni" into the mix with spaghetti and pasta, and you'll get an interesting third line on the graph, with macaroni peaking around 1915. Back then it was not a specific type of noodle but more a generic term for what we call pasta today. You can easily wile away hours with those graphs! Throw “macaroni” into the mix with spaghetti and pasta, and you’ll get an interesting third line on the graph, with macaroni peaking around 1915. Back then it was not a specific type of noodle but more a generic term for what we call pasta today.

You can easily wile away hours with those graphs!

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]]> By: Peggy http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/12/track-food-trends-with-google-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3792 Peggy Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:15:21 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=7674#comment-3792 take a look at pork, beef, chicken, fish.... take a look at pork, beef, chicken, fish….

]]> By: mh http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/12/track-food-trends-with-google-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3791 mh Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:55:28 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=7674#comment-3791 This is a pretty cool feature. I tried searching for "vegan" knowing that the term (as it pertains to diet) was coined in the 1940s. The word shows up prior to 1940 but it has nothing to do with food. Unfortunately the search in books feature lumps items from 1817 to 1995 together, though from the graph I can see the term certainly comes in to greater use from the 1980s onward. This is a pretty cool feature. I tried searching for “vegan” knowing that the term (as it pertains to diet) was coined in the 1940s. The word shows up prior to 1940 but it has nothing to do with food. Unfortunately the search in books feature lumps items from 1817 to 1995 together, though from the graph I can see the term certainly comes in to greater use from the 1980s onward.

]]> By: Athena http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/12/track-food-trends-with-google-books/comment-page-1/#comment-3790 Athena Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:01:14 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=7674#comment-3790 Interesting the comparison of rice and wheat. Interesting the comparison of rice and wheat.

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