Editing Louisiana Purchase Exposition (section)

===Introduction of new foods===
A number of foods are claimed to have been invented at the fair. The most popular claim is that of the waffle-style [[ice cream cone]]. However, its popularization, not invention, is widely believed to have taken place here.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stradley|first=Linda |url=http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/IceCreamCone.htm |title=History of Ice Cream Cone |publisher=What's Cooking America |access-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509190148/http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/IceCreamCone.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Weir |first=Robert |url=http://www.historicfood.com/Ice%20Cream%20Cone.htm |title=An 1807 Ice Cream Cone: Discovery and Evidence |publisher=Historic Food |access-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517100822/http://www.historicfood.com/Ice%20Cream%20Cone.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref> Dubious claims include the [[hamburger]] and [[hot dog]] (both traditional American and European foods of German origin), [[peanut butter]], [[iced tea]],<ref>Vaccaro, Pamela. 2004. Beyond the ice cream cone: the whole scoop on food at the 1904 World's Fair. St. Louis: Enid Press.</ref> and [[cotton candy]]. Again, popularization is more likely. [[Dr Pepper#Overview and history|Dr Pepper]] and [[Puffed Wheat]] cereal were introduced to a national audience. Freeborn [[Annie Fisher]] received a gold medal for her [[beaten biscuits]] famous in her hometown of [[Columbia, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pubhtml5.com/fcrm/dgwq/basic |title=Columbia's Historic Sharp End 2015 |work=Columbia Daily Tribune |last=Keller |first=Rudi |date=May 19, 2015 |via=PubHTML5 |access-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref> President [[William Howard Taft]] enjoyed them on his 1911 visit to Missouri.

Though not the debut of as many foods as claimed, the fair offered what was essentially America's first food court. Visitors sampled a variety of fast foods, dined in dozens of restaurants, and strolled through the mile-long pike. As one historian said of the fair, "one could breakfast in France, take a mid-morning snack in the Philippines, lunch in Italy, and dine in Japan."<ref>{{cite web |title=Treat Me In St. Louis|website=The Attic|url=https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2018/11/23/treat-me-in-st-louis|access-date=December 4, 2018 |url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308192813/https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2018/11/23/treat-me-in-st-louis}}</ref>