Aimee Levitt is a freelance writer in Chicago. In 1981, at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, an annual gathering of some of the finest minds in the food world, the cookbook writer Claudia ...

The creative director for food and culture at the Standard hotels and former Mission Chinese Food chef chooses the dishes that define the cuisine for her. Credit...Christopher Testani for The New York ...

Fast, junk, processed – when it comes to American food, the country is best known for the stuff that’s described by words better suited to greasy, grinding industrial output. But citizens of the USA ...

There’s one table and one small booth inside HD Cuisine, a tiny Malaysian restaurant in a suburban Wheeling strip mall. Altogether there’s enough space to seat 11 people. If the weather’s nice and ...

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.

Many grocery stores today now have their own kosher food sections. (Photo credit: Rafael Ben Ari/Dreamstime) Kosher food is any food or beverage that Jewish dietary laws allow a person to eat. It ...