Standing Room Only: In Search of the Gym Shoe, Chicago's Unsung Sandwich

Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce the Gym Shoe, a heretofore unrecognized player in the Chicago sandwich scene. Part Italian beef, part gyro, with slices of corned beef folded in just for the hell of it, it's a mess of a sandwich that can be mystifyingly delicious when done properly.

The Story of Carolina Gold, the Best Rice You've Never Tasted

Due in large part to Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills, a Georgia optometrist, and several members of what's known as the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation (yes, that exists), Carolina Gold rice is back, allowing a new generation of home cooks to experience what real Lowcountry cooking was meant to taste like.

A Social History of Jell-O Salad: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women's labor, the Jell-O salad—the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement—can teach us about U.S. life in the 20th century as few foods can.