I remember the year I ate half of the entire black cake by myself. It had been an annual tradition for my mother’s…
I’m sitting on my couch, rustling through the pages of a 1990s Palestinian cookbook as I desperately try to locate…
Memphis. Central Texas. KC. You probably already know these places are synonymous with barbecue: tangy pulled pork…
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Last week when I was writing about Amy Klobuchar’s hot dish campaign, I went looking through the Takeout archives…
It’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to…
Straight to the food, here: Barberton chicken is just chicken fried in lard. It’s got Serbian roots, and there’s no…
Rivalries run deep on the East Coast, and one rift that’s less visible—but every bit as heated—is the bagel feud…
Served on a bed of spaghetti, Cincinnati-style chili is a century-old specialty.
The most American of American comfort foods was reinvented by a Chinese immigrant in Springfield, Missouri.
Last month, I treated myself to a slice of canned brown bread. It was part of my family’s traditional Halloween meal…
Every summer, Brunkow Cheese comes down to Chicago from southwestern Wisconsin and sets up shop in a few of the…
While plant-based patties and mushroom burgers may get the rest of the country excited, the Western part of the U.S.…
Not only was it my first time, but I had to do it with Elvis’s blue eyes peering down at me. Of all the songs he…
While American cuisine has quite a few universally agreed-upon summer staples—hamburgers and hot dogs, ice cream and…
One thing you need to know about Illinois is that it’s basically two states: north of I-80 is the city of Chicago…
A river runs through every Midwesterner’s veins, one spiked with white-hot sugar and the zest of “lively lime.”…
The first time I ate a St. Louis slinger, I was in Pittsburgh. I was working my regular Sunday shift at the Rivers…
A while back, I took a bold position and stood up for St. Louis-style pizza, it of the gooey, processed Provel…