Why Are Certain Foods Eaten Mainly at Breakfast?

Between 1880 and 1920, over 2.5 million Jewish people fled to the United States, many of them Poles.

They opened small bakeries and made goods by hand, including bagels. But, in the '50 and '60, bagels became available pre-packed in grocery stores. The Family Circle magazine spread and popularised the idea of cream cheese, lox and bagels.

Dr John Kellogg ran a sanitorium and made a type of granola out of wheat, cornmeal and oats as a remedy for chronic digestion problems resulting from high-protein diets.

But oat groats had to be soaked before cooking, so with the help of his brother, Kellogg developed a process to produce crispy wheat flakes. Four years later, they started selling toasted corn flakes, and cold cereal was born. Dr Kellogg advertised his corn flakes as healthy through cookbooks and marketing pamphlets.

In the Colonial era, Americans preferred tea. However, after England started to tax tea, Americans responded to the Boston Tea Party and drinking coffee became a patriotic duty.

In the 20th century, oranges were found to be an excellent source of vitamin C. In 1942, the U.S. Army offered money to the company that could invent frozen orange juice that tasted good. Richard Morse succeeded to manufacture frozen orange juice concentrate under Minute Made, making O.J. a popular morning drink.