‘Tis the season for looking back at the year that was, and one of the best ways to do that is to remember what we were eating in 2023 — or at least what we considered eating.
The Google search rankings, for which the Internet-search giant compiles lists of the most-looked-for terms, from movies to memes, serve as sort of annual cultural pulse-taker. They are also a time capsule, which feels necessary these days, when even events that took place just weeks ago seem to slip so quickly into the mists of memory. Sometimes, our interest in food reflects major moments in the news (remember Scandoval? That new king over in the U.K.?). Sometimes, they constituted moments of their own, when a collective interest or mood made a dish go viral.