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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every summer, like clockwork, grocery store shelves explode with displays of edible patriotism. Star-spangled bags of hot dog buns. Red, white, and blue Swedish Fish. Even flag-themed paper plates. It ...

To be clear, there are laudable ideas, from a public health perspective, in the new guidelines. There is good reason to believe that ultra-processed foods (although difficult to define) are linked ...