# american food (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover american food. Page: Feed: --- ## [Essay #9: Donut](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/essay-9-donut-the-only-dessert-we) _2026-08-25 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ Donuts Went Everywhere. The Right One Stayed Home. ## [Essay #8: General Tso’s Chicken](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/general-tsos-chicken-america-tried) _2026-08-13 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ America Tried to Keep Them Out. Then America Kept Ordering. ## [Essay #7: GUMBO - America didn’t melt. It stirred.](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/essay-7-gumbo-america-didnt-melt) _2026-08-03 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ On Holy Thursday at Dooky Chase’s, the line starts forming on Orleans Avenue before the kitchen is ready for it. ## [Essay #6: Lobster Roll - From Punishment to Pilgrimage](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/essay-6-lobster-roll) _2026-07-27 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ 300 years ago lobster was punishment. Now it's a pilgrimage. ## [Essay #5: Bagels](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/bagels-do-not-toast-it) _2026-07-20 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ Do not toast it. ## [Essay #4: Nachos](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/nachos) _2026-07-13 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ Nacho invented Nachos. That is all he kept. ## [THE 250 DISHES THAT MADE AMERICA](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/copy-the-250-dishes-that-made-america) _2026-06-30 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ A year-long national project to write the American food record. One dish, one story at a time. Commissioned on the occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the United States. ## [ABOUT THE PROJECT](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/the-250-dishes-that-made-america) _2026-06-30 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ Creating the Official American Food Canon ## [ESSAY #3: Biscuits](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/essay-3-bagels) _2026-06-30 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ The secret was always the woman nobody wrote down ## [ESSAY #2: Hot Dog](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/essay-2-hot-dogs) _2026-06-30 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ A German sausage, a Jewish story, an American argument. ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CScnCeRka7Py) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [ESSAY #1: Fried Chicken](https://joeariel.substack.com/p/essay-1-fried-chicken) _2026-06-29 · Joe Ariel · 250 Dishes That Made America_ Fifteen cents for a leg. A nickel for a wing. ## [Making Cocktails from Curries](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/making-cocktails-from-curries) _2025-08-19 · SOBREMESA_ Mixing cuisines and cultures, The importance of sushi to Ukrainians, Cocktails inspired by soups and curries, Some thoughts on AI and the future of food, and An album and wine pairing ## [The Great Pouchification of American Food](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/the-great-pouchification-of-american) _2025-05-06 · SOBREMESA_ The lost art of queer matchbooks, A love letter to staff meals, The Great Pouchification of American Food, Vegetarianism as a tool for punishment and surveillance, The invention of picnics, and more ## [Fresh Produce as a Status Symbol](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/fresh-produce-as-a-status-symbol) _2025-04-08 · SOBREMESA_ Fresh produce as a status symbol, Grocery prices, The Umami Theory of Value, The effects of Trump’s tariffs, Meghan's new show and more! ## [An Edible Future](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/an-edible-future) _2025-03-04 · SOBREMESA_ Designing edible cities, Edible mushrooms and weeds, Ozempic killing the joy of eating, Scrounging for food and late night delights, Eating muffins, and more! ## [ChatGPT Sommelier or AI Robot Waiter?](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/chatgpt-sommelier-or-ai-robot-waiter) _2025-02-15 · SOBREMESA_ Choose your fighter. AI and tech in the food industry, The tradwife phenomenon, Have you been snackfished, Small Pleasures, Blood oranges, The strange allure of Rick Stein and more! ## [Changing Tastebuds](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/changing-tastebuds) _2025-01-31 · SOBREMESA_ It is finally time sherry made a comeback? Fine dining as foreplay, Postmodern beer, Vibes of wine bars, Tastebud changes on T, Animal cracker history and more! ## [The hunger tales](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/the-hunger-tales) _2025-01-10 · SOBREMESA_ Making conversations about the food shortage and waste crisis fun, Hungry work: the cooking that underwrites activism, The Nigerian food boom, Finding Queer and BIPOC alcoholic support groups and more ## [Gimlet in the stomach](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/gimlet-in-the-stomach) _2024-12-06 · SOBREMESA_ Could Aperol be a winter drink? The art of a restaurant playlist, Discoveries from digging into cocktail histories, Documenting your gimlets, Food travel tv show hosts and more! ## [Season of Mists](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/season-of-mists) _2024-11-03 · SOBREMESA_ Changing seasons, Pumpkins and other cozy dishes, Haute honey, Māori Winemakers, An album and wine pairing and more! ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8p2RmmGtTK8q) _2024-11-03 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Should kids be able to buy non-alcoholic beer, wine and mocktails?](https://drinkseco.substack.com/p/should-kids-be-able-to-buy-non-alcoholic) _2024-10-28 · SOBREMESA_ Room Service, The expensive of non-alcoholic drinks, Why there won't be another Anthony Bourdain, IDing for zero proof drinks? Coming together at the dinner table, An album and wine pairing and more!