The Midwest, also known as America’s Heartland, is home to a myriad of cultures. Immigration, over hundreds of years, has played a key role in developing its diverse food traditions, evident in its variety of delicious dishes—like classic Swedish meatballs, Polish perogies, German bratwurst, and hearty macaroni and cheese casseroles. Midwest food expert Capri Cafaro…
Food Expert Capri Cafaro on the Kaleidoscope of Culinary Traditions in the Midwest
This Alabama Farmers Market is Helping Small Family Farms Put Down Roots in the Community
Early on a Saturday fall morning in the Southside neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, within the parking lot of an old Dr. Pepper bottling plant, farmers began to set up their stands. They would soon be selling fruit, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and a plethora of locally grown harvest. If you had walked among the farm stands,…
The Secret World of Ramps: Harnessing the Wild Flavor of West Virginia’s Spring Seasonal Delicacy
One way to immerse yourself in local culture is by discovering the region’s seasonal delights. Through food and heritage, we gain a closer look at the area, its flavors, and its people. In West Virginia, the wild ramp is particularly celebrated. While foraging was a necessity in times past, many now enjoy the art of…
The Meat-and-Three: This Humble Southern Fare is Still Everyone’s Favorite in Nashville
Every few minutes, Kahlil Arnold loudly greets a patron walking into his family’s restaurant—usually a familiar face he already knows by name. One summer afternoon in 2021, he spotted his sister’s high school music teacher, WC, sitting at the counter, chatting with said sister. “WC has been coming here since my dad was running the…
Why Marionberries Are the Celebrated Icons of the Pacific Northwest
Everybody loves marionberries. Everybody. Though that may seem a bit grandiose, in the 20 years that I have offered anyone a marionberry anything, I’ve never heard a negative, or even humdrum, reaction. Fresh off the vine? “Wow, that’s amazing.” Pie? “So, can I have another piece?” Sorbet? “Geez, that’s good.” And so on. Among family…
Meet the Successful Japanese-American Chef Cooking Every Dish with a Dash of Positivity
May 12, 2022
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In an industry known for its high risk of failure and low profit margins, Mie Okuda has survived opening a restaurant during an economic slump—twice. In the late 1990s, during Japan’s “Lost Decades” recession, she started a restaurant in one of the most restaurant-dense cities in the world, Tokyo’s Ginza district. Years later in America,…
Julia Child: The Culinary Genius Who Made French Cuisine a Hit in America
After spending more than five years in Paris, Julia Child went to the south of France in 1953, where her husband, Paul, was assigned duty as a cultural officer at the sleepy American consulate in Marseille. The port city was a “labyrinth,” a city of “hot noise,” Child reflected years later. A short, hard-to-endure interval…
Best Bargain of All Time: How Thomas Jefferson Doubled the Size of America at Five Cents per Acre
May 4, 2022
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One of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements was the Louisiana Purchase, in which the United States acquired 828,800 square miles of the French territory La Louisiane in 1803. Encompassing all or part of 14 current U.S. states, the land included all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; parts of Minnesota that were west…
How Henry Thoreau’s Experience Living Alone in Nature Inspired Some of His Greatest Writings
Henry David Thoreau accomplished a great deal in his short but busy life as a philosopher, activist, and naturalist. His profound influence as the grandfather of environmentalism and nonviolent resistance movements is difficult to overstate. As if this were not enough, he even improved the quality of pencils by innovating a method of binding graphite…
How Frederick Douglass Summoned Faith and Conviction to Spearhead the Abolitionist Movement
In 1838, a Maryland slave named Frederick Bailey, age 20, escaped from bondage, making use of the recently constructed Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad. By rail, Frederick effected his flight in only one day. “A new world had opened upon me,” he wrote later, recalling the moment he first stood upon free soil. “If life…
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