Sameness in Diversity: Food and Globalization in Modern America

Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once—exotic ingredients—like mangoes, hot sauces, kale, kimchi, and coconut milk—have become standard in the contemporary American diet. Laresh Jayasanker explains how food choices have expanded since the 1960s: immigrants have created demand for produce and other foods from their homelands; grocers and food processors have sought to market new foods; and transportation improvements have e...