Where street food began

Where street food began

The truth is nobody really knows how street trading began. Did we all start cooking outdoors around the same time (9) ________ of the need to serve workers near busy city centres daily? Although there is a lack of clear evidence, people have come up with various theories about the earliest street markets. One recent theory is that market stalls have developed in (10) ________ a way that they are designed for speed from the moment of ordering. In (11) ________ words, street food developed as a result of changing work routines in crowded cities over many years. Cooking (12) ________ well be organised around quick service but, (13) ________ this, vendors still need feedback from customers around them. From records, we know that (14) ________ cooks are isolated from customer contact and have not learnt to balance flavours before they start trading, it is doubtful they will ever truly succeed. This evidence shows, if (15) ________ else, that street food is social fare, not something developed (16) ________ isolation.