Thousands of unlicensed restaurateurs have sprung up throughout the country and have found success selling their home cooking through an unexpected platform: Facebook Marketplace.

University of Michigan School of Information professor Cliff Lampe, an expert on social media, says “selling food is part of a newer trend.” 

“It’s not something that you saw on Marketplace five years ago.”

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Read “A Bazaar of Tamales, Arroz con Gandules and Fufu — on Facebook Marketplace” at the New York Times. 

Learn more about Cliff Lampe by visiting his UMSI faculty profile.