Andrew Smith offers up a volume of food resources in his book, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, which reveals American food history and how it has influenced everything from slang to ...

Test your knowledge with this American food quiz and see if you can guess how old these iconic snacks and brands really are.

From paintings celebrating a Land of Plenty, to cookbooks championing political causes, there’s a lot to chew on in American food history. Exhibition curator Kaleigh Pisani, curator of collections and ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will host its fourth annual Food History Weekend Nov. 1–3—a multifaceted festival that is made up of four distinct events over three days ...

Here’s what’s happening this month at the National Museum of American History Amy Kehs This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Museum of American History’s Smithsonian Food History Gala ...

Jessica B. Harris, acclaimed author and food historian who lives part-time in New York and part-time in New Orleans, has published a new book on American food history that doubles as a cookbook, ...

Editor’s Note: Americans have come up with a lot of incredible foods. Does this list satisfy your appetite? Or have we frankly left out one of your favorites? Let us know in the comments below.

Jessica B. Harris is the author of eleven cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora. She was recently inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food and ...