The food historian in me cringes when people describe American food as “hamburgers and hot dogs,” as if two dishes could possibly represent everything American cuisine has to offer. The description is ...

Are you sitting down? You won’t believe that these iconic “American” foods were born elsewhere. There are certain foods that feel undeniably American: a burger sizzling on the grill, a tray of mac and ...

Sliced bread. Soul food. Cheetos. Here are 25 inventions, crazes and cravings that defined the national diet, decade by decade. By Kim Severson America’s food history is short, compared with the ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. “Jolly morning!” is a weird way to be greeted, no matter the context. But it rang out, like birdsong, from ...