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Since the 1830s, when Chicago enjoyed a brief period of importance as a local milling center for spring wheat, the city has long been a center for the conversion of raw farm products into edible goods. [2] Since the 1880s, Chicago has also been home to firms in other areas of the food processing industry, including cereals, baked goods, and ...
In the late 1850s, Lyman A. Budlong (1829–1909) started a large farm in Chicago—in an area now named Budlong Woods—called the Budlong Nursery. [7] [8] Dates of the Nursery's establishment vary, but it must have been in 1857, the year that Lyman first came to Chicago, or later.
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area.
The sandwich gradually grew in popularity and was widely eaten in the city by the 1970s and 1980s. [1] The sandwich saw a substantial rise in popularity upon the release of the television show The Bear , set in a fictional Chicago restaurant which specializes in the sandwich.
Southern Illinois chowder is a thick stew or soup, very different from the New England and Manhattan chowders. In Edwards County, Illinois, it refers to both the food and to the social gathering at which it is prepared and served. [1] It is believed to have been brought to the area by the earliest settlers, or "backwoodsmen".
Libby's (Libby, McNeill & Libby) was an American company that produced canned food and beverages.The firm was established in 1869 in Chicago, Illinois.The Libby's trademark is currently owned by Libby's Brand Holding based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is licensed to several companies around the world (including Nestlé [1] and Conagra Brands [2]).
The Chicago Tribune in 2019 identified five "iconic black restaurants" run by five families as having some of the best food in the city. They were Harold's Chicken Shack (founded 1950), Lem's Bar-B-Q (founded 1954), Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken (founded 1963), Taurus Flavors (founded 1966) and Old Fashioned Donuts (founded 1972). [ 71 ]
Food history is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history and the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food and human nutrition. It is considered distinct from the more traditional field of culinary history , which focuses on the origin and recreation of specific recipes.