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  1. “Everybody Likes Italian Food”

    By John F. Mariani, December 1989, Volume 40, Issue 8

    A restaurant critic who’s a food historian and the fortunate recipient of an Italian grandmother’s cooking follows the course of America’s favorite ethnic fare in its rise from spaghetti and a red checked tablecloth to carpaccio and fine bone china More >>>

  2. Fast Food

    By Joseph Monninger, April 1988, Volume 39, Issue 3

    It began with a few people trying to get hamburgers from grill to customer quicker and cheaper. Now it’s changed the way Americans live. And whether you like it or hate it, once you get on the road you’ll eat it. More >>>

  3. Food & Drink

    By Anonymous (not verified), November/December 2006, Volume 57, Issue 6

    Cocktails Bitters are back More >>>

  4. Food Fad

    By Sylvia Lovegren, October 2002, Volume 53, Issue 5

    Overrated Fusion cooking may currently be the food fad everyone most loves to hate, but there’s reason for this. One fusion chef described himself as being “a master of French, Mediterranean, More >>>

  5. Regional Food

    By Moira Hodgson, May/June 1998, Volume 49, Issue 3

    Most Overrated Food: In my opinion it’s barbecue. I have never quite understood the mystique that surrounds this dish, which so often consists of charred, dry, and fatty meat slathered in a sau More >>>

  6. Good Old Fast Food

    By Anonymous (not verified), September/October 1988, Volume 39, Issue 6

    I was entranced by the article in the April issue on fast food. The beginnings of the phenomenon were seen by all of us, but only a few realized just what was happening. I grew up in Rock Island More >>>

  7. Regional Food

    By Danny Meyer, October 2004, Volume 55, Issue 5

    Overrated The most overrated American regional food comes from my beloved Northeast. Each April or May chefs throughout New York and beyond (those in my own restaurants included) celebrate the ar More >>>

  8. Dog Food

    By Anonymous (not verified), May/june 1997, Volume 48, Issue 3

    I appreciated your item detailing the history of U.S. Army C rations (“The Time Machine,” November 1996). I place this vignette in the long, vexing story of the development of American’ milit More >>>

  9. More Fast Food

    By Anonymous (not verified), December 1988, Volume 39, Issue 8

    I really enjoyed reading the article on fast food (April), especially the reference to my dad’s early days with the A&W root beer stand. It will be fun for me to share this issue of American Heri More >>>

  10. More Fast Food

    By Anonymous (not verified), December 1988, Volume 39, Issue 8

    A letter in your September/October issue was illustrated with a photograph of a White Tower restaurant and the caption made mention of nickel hamburgers. That wasn’t all! In 1932 my job (at $9 More >>>

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