All-you-can-eat buffets fading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — On a cool fall evening after the end of World War II, Las Vegas watched “officialdom and ‘cafe society’ turn out for the opening of America’s first all-you-can-eat buffet,” a local paper wrote. It was a big night in a small town that dreamed of hungry visitors. The glazed ham and prime rib in the El Rancho Vegas were signs that American food was changing. The space race and arms race made Cold War headlines. The farms race was as important. Genetics, chemicals, and motorized equipment nearly tripled U.S. farm production between 1948 and 2017. At least ...
