Editing Falafel (section)

===North America===
In North America, prior to the 1970s, falafel was found only in Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Jewish neighborhoods and restaurants.<ref name=vegtimes1/><ref name=mouth>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ze3F_n37NVoC&q=falafel+american&pg=PA181|title=Mouth Wide Open: A Cook and His Appetite|author1=Thorne, Matt |author2=Thorne, John |pages=181–187|publisher=Macmillan|year=2007|isbn=978-0-86547-628-8| access-date=23 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="ocafd">{{cite book|first=Charles|last=Perry|chapter=Middle Eastern Influences on American Food|editor-first=Andrew F.|editor-last=Smith|title=The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink|date=May 2007|isbn=978-0-19-530796-2|page=384|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA }}</ref><ref name=encmah>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owZCMZpYamMC&q=falafel+american&pg=PA207|title=Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History, Volume 1|publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2010|page=207|author=Curtis IV, Edward|access-date=23 February 2011|isbn=978-0-8160-7575-1}}</ref> Today, the dish is a common and popular street food in many cities throughout North America.<ref name=atlanta>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mA8AAAAAMBAJ&q=falafel+american&pg=PA194|journal=[[Atlanta Magazine]]|page=194|title=Cuisine of the Month|author=Lenhard, Elizabeth|date=January 2006|access-date=23 February 2011}}</ref><ref name=religion>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORy2aVD7cEgC&q=falafel+american&pg=PA178|title=The World Religions Cookbook|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|last1=Schmidt|first1=Arno|last2=Fieldhouse|first2=Paul |page=178|year=2007|access-date=23 February 2011|isbn=978-0-313-33504-4}}</ref><ref name=goodhousekeeping>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fJK8R_x0j8C&q=falafel+american&pg=PT387|title=The Good Housekeeping Cookbook|publisher=Hearst Books|editor= Westmoreland, Susan |year=2004|access-date=23 February 2011|isbn=978-1-58816-398-1}}</ref>