Food Presented in 1950s

Eat Me Daily - 1950s food

This photo above shows how people in the 1950s ate. However they didn't eat the healthiest of food during this decade, this is shown in this image above by the shine on the meat is the fat of the meat. The composition of the food makes it look like the dish is meant for the centre of the table and is the main component of the meal. 

This image below shows all the components of the meal, with the main component in the middle. This photo provides information about the type of food that can assist the main component of the meal to make it more interesting and healthy (such as peas). 

From Menus for Every Day of the Year, edited by Ruth Berolzheimer, 1952. Scan: Eat Me Daily

Both photography and illustrations of food (and occasions where food is used) are used in cookbooks from the 1950s. Also not only black and white photographs were taken but also coloured, however during this decade black and white photographs are still used more than coloured photographs, as coloured printing was still quite expensive. Even though the cost of coloured printing was expensive, the cost had got better making it more accessible to print in colour, meaning that more cookbooks could contain coloured images.