My love of turkey sandwiches has remained a constant, well into adulthood. Maybe it's the fact that turkey sandwiches embody the same things my town's throwback "general store" was trying to evoke all those years ago—a hokey simplicity; a remembrance of things past; a surprise at how good the ordinary can be.

Casu Marzu is a traditional Sardinian specialty full of live maggots—and I had to try it.

How to start a cookbook club, and why you really should.