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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.<\/em><\/p>\n How do you measure a year? In cups of coffee, yes, but also in the rushed early-morning breakfasts, the many trips to the grocery store, the slow dinners spent with friends. Each tells a story of how we filled our days.<\/p>\n Some of this year\u2019s food preferences reflect how Americans\u2019 lives have changed. As my colleague Yasmin Tayag explained in May, diners serving the classic American breakfast\u2014eggs, potatoes, and coffee\u2014were once a staple of affordability. Now, as supply shortages and tariffs affect these foods, stepping out for breakfast \u201ccan require a level of budgeting once reserved for fancy brunch.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just prices that have changed; so, too, have Americans\u2019 taste preferences. In August, Ellen Cushing wrote about how food is becoming spicier. More than half of American consumers are likely to buy an item described as spicy\u2014up from 39 percent in 2015, she reported. Then there are the fried-chicken sandwiches. Consumption has increased 19 percent at American restaurants, threatening the burger\u2019s long-held dominance.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s newsletter explores how to understand the food that Americans ate this year.<\/p>\n On Food<\/strong><\/p>\n Breakfast Is Breaking<\/p>\n By Yasmin Tayag<\/p>\n The classic American version hasn\u2019t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.<\/p>\n Read the article.<\/p>\n Why Is Everything Spicy Now?<\/p>\n By Ellen Cushing<\/p>\n More Americans are setting their mouth on fire\u2014for extreme sport, and for everyday thrills.<\/p>\n Read the article.<\/p>\n The Worst Sandwich Is Back<\/p>\n By Ellen Cushing<\/p>\n Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.<\/p>\n Read the article.<\/p>\n Still Curious?<\/p>\n Other Diversions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. How do you measure a year? In cups of coffee, yes, but also in the rushed early-morning breakfasts,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[1671,1725,1569],"class_list":{"0":"post-39283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-issues","8":"tag-atlantic","9":"tag-food","10":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}