Recently, I had the chance to speak with Nancy Jo Seaton of Seaton Food Consultants. We discussed various food trends for the coming year, and she mentioned something that I had been thinking. She noted that the Roaring Twenties came about at least partly because of our recovery from the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919. That pandemic shut down parts of the American economy and created strong conflict between people who wore masks and sheltered in place and those who refused to wear masks. Sound familiar? And when the pandemic had passed, America was ready to go out and party again.

Could we be seeing the onset of a new Roaring Twenties soon? It’s possible. The COVID-19 vaccine is rollout out, albeit slowly. While the Biden Administration may be able to use federal power to increase the vaccine roll-out, it will take months, if not a full year, before the people who want the vaccine can get it.