Brain Basics will introduce you to some of this science, such as: 1  How the brain develops. 2  How genes and the environment affect the brain. 3  The basic structure of the brain.  How different parts of the brain communicate and work with each 1  other. How changes in the brain can lead to mental disorders, such as depression.
Some German fried their potatoes, while urban restaurants began serving a new dish by the end of the Civil War: French fried potatoes. Rice was usually served only in rice-producing regions. Vegetables were generally overboiled, and only wealthy Americans ate green salad.
During World War II, Chinese food spiked in popularity and, at least on the West Coast, dinners were commonly accompanied by fortune cookies; however, when Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps, their bakeries that produced the cookies were shuttered.