George Washington knew what he was doing. Natalie Colarossi wrote in Business Insider that “he spent his entire campaign budget – a whopping 50 pounds – on 160 gallons of liquor in order to sway voters on election day.” Clearly, it worked. Munching for votes is a tradition, although i

  Like marriages, there a lot of different ways to make it work. Traditionally, strawberry shortcake is a simple dessert, rich, and filled with history. The luscious red strawberries we love today started in the wild like young people looking for partners. Their natural habitat i

Potato salad – hot, warm, or cold from the fridge. It’s the salad that conquered the world. However, you can’t have potato salad without potatoes – so let’s start with that. Potatoes are native to South America. They were cultivated over 8,000 years ago by indigenous tribes, ser

  “They say nothing is more American than apple pie,” observed David Sloan, author of The Key Lime Pie Cookbook, “but apple pie is from England. Hot dogs are German. Nothing is more American than Key Lime Pie.” It’s a southern gem – a cool, tangy mix of sweetened condensed milk,

  Meet the new kid on the menu (with three names): pearl milk, boba, and bubble tea. Bubble tea is a global phenomenon – you can find it everywhere from Taiwan and Australia to U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. It’s delicious, fun, and refreshing. The basic recipe is simple: bla

  You’re in a fancy restaurant. They’re making Caesar Salad at the table, right in front of you. Visions of chariots racing in an ancient Olympic stadium flash through your mind. The audience of wealthy Romans and Senators cheer wildly. Maybe Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Mark An

Sean Loyless, compliments of Wikimedia Commons   The sun is scorching, the air hazy with heat. Sun screens and sun hats appear like extras in a movie where weather is the star. Sno-cones, sno-balls, shaved ice, and slushies tempt you from every street corner, festival, event, and

Giovanni Stanchi Dei Fiori, 1600s, compliments of Wikimedia Commons What is more delicious than ice cold watermelon on a scorching summer day? Mark Twain said it best in his 1894 novel, Pudd’nhead Wilson. “When one has tasted watermelons, he knows what angels eat.” The food that angel

  No, it’s not Rice Krispies. How about Dribble or Funny Cake? Mincebek, Nysebek, or Zalabia? There are so many names for this humble, popular treat most of us call funnel cake. Basically, it’s fried dough – a sweet that’s been around for thousands of years. Jeff Barto reported i

  The stories are as yummy as the dogs. Which was first? Perhaps the ancient Egyptians who invented deep frying over 7,000 years ago? The corn dog we know today is a far cry from the ancients. Bar S speculated that modern “corn dogs are such a great idea, more than one person tho