Few people have bypassed the cautionary don’t-skip-the-most-important-meal-of-the-day-lecture. We’ve unwittingly gobbled up this rhetoric with our cereal and bagels without questioning much about when, how, why, and by whom the enterprise of breakfast started in the first place. A little research reveals that in the 1940s, nutritionists were hired by General Foods Corporation to make radio announcements advocating the importance of eating a hearty meal in the morning. And to this day, according