Americans spend roughly the same share of their money on food eaten at home as they did in the 1950s. The big change is elsewhere: spending on restaurants, cafes and food eaten at work has grown substantially. Our World in Data draws on US consumer expenditure figures to show this shift. Several forces explain it, including more women in paid work, smaller households, the rise of fast food and delivery, and rising incomes that make dining out affordable. Cooking at home has not disappeared, but it now competes with a much larger food service industry. The overall food bill looks steady only because the way it is spent has changed.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.