American food culture has a tendency to absorb dishes so fully that their origins fade into the background. Certain foods become tied to specific cities or moments in U.S. history, even when they were ...

Scrapple Pennsylvania Dutch communities perfected this dish, using literally every part of the pig. After butchering day, families would mix pork scraps with cornmeal, pressing the mixture into loaves ...

When you think about American food, images of burgers, fries, and apple pie might come to mind. But there’s a whole pantry of peculiar foods that raise eyebrows around the globe. Whether it’s a quirky ...

The 1960s were a turning point for American food culture. Convenience foods exploded, fast food chains expanded nationwide, ...

Judaism possesses an elaborate system that determines what foods Jews can eat and which ones can be eaten together. Rafael Ben-Ari/Photodisc via Getty Images The end of August inaugurated the Hebrew ...

On the Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: From lobster rolls to Vietnamese Tex-Mex fusion, American cuisine is challenging to define. British food writer Felicity Cloake, author of ...

Americans hankering for a taste of home won’t find these fave foods abroad. American foods and ingredients are often restricted or banned in other countries due to different health and safety ...