What’s more American than a hamburger? Maybe...  ...that catered to new arrivals in search of comfort food . The vendors preserved the steak plate in its ori...  ...ate in its original form—an actual plate of food , served with a fork. Authentic, but as Motz notes...  ...were ups and downs for the bu...

Children's menus in restaurants are handy because...  ...nd offerings, based on what was considered proper food for kids in those days -and it was so different f...

The particularly American form of cooking we call...  ...n form of cooking we call the barbecue has a long history -in fact, it was well established long before Eur...  ...s, pigs could be set loose in forests to eat when food supplies were running low. The pigs, left to fend...  ...e pound of cattle. Their depe...

Civil War soldiers endured a lot of horrors: fight...  ...edical care, primitive living conditions, and the food . The food was awful, being limited to what a soldier could...  ...t, the lengths Confederate soldiers had to go for food contributed to their defeat at the Battle of...