meat

While some in the West are squeamish, globally, it's more common than not.

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.

Non-meat proteins have a long history – and are looking more like the necessary food of the future.

The White House wants to reinstate the sale of horses for slaughter, but eating horse meat has always been politically treacherous.

A bracing and eccentric epic of espionage and hippos.

The rise and fall and rise of the traditional St. Patrick's Day meal.

A conversation with food historian Andrew F. Smith on his new book, "The Turkey: An American Story."

"They’re eating the pets of the people that live there," former President Trump claimed — with no basis — at the first presidential debate.

Maybe what we need is not just a new form of poultry farming but a complete revolution in how we relate to meat.

In 1910, a failed House bill sought to increase the availability of low-cost meat by importing hippopotamuses that would be killed to make "lake cow bacon."

First came the politics of right-wing grievance. Then came the new foodie culture. Together, they combined to create one toxic food fight.

In this modern Indigenous kitchen, every dish is made without any ingredient introduced to the continent after Europeans arrived.

It's where legends like Tina Turner and Ray Charles launched their careers.

An act of love in the form of a medicinal tonic.

To control inflation during WWII, the U.S. government resorted to wide-ranging price controls. Unintended consequences may be the reason they aren't used today.

Because of consistent government intervention in the industry, we might call fast food the quintessential cuisine of global capitalism.

Discrimination and mistranslation have long obscured the dish's true origins.

19th-century African American writer Charles Chesnutt’s subversive literature.

How an evil sea captain and a beloved queen made the world crave KFC.

How does Black food go viral among white folks?

Keeping meat production moving during the pandemic is dangerous. But history shows that there’s little Americans won’t sacrifice for a cheap steak.

Popeyes has long cultivated a black customer base — which has positive and negative ramifications.

There's room for the haute and folk traditions but the market-driven style taking over is the most problematic.

In the 1930s, a forgotten federal bureau experimented with ways to make soy and other products more popular in the U.S.

America’s obsession with beef was born of conquest and exploitation.

Exploitation and predatory pricing drove the transformation of the beef industry – and created the model for modern agribusiness.

Before the establishment of the modern FDA, anti-regulation attitudes ruled the world of food.

It made American pies rich and indulgent.

Esquire, 1940: “Salads are really the man’s department... Only a man can make a perfect salad.”

How hamburgers became a staple of the American diet.