The oldest Chinatown in the United States is in San Francisco, and it was pivotal to the development of Chinese-American ...

Food in America has long served as a proxy for national identity. “The red, white, and blue Popsicles you licked as a kid?

American food as it is now The MOFAD's New York exhibition "Chow: Making the Chinese Restaurant" explored Chinese cuisine through artifacts, events and food served hot.

Over the past 150 years, American Chinese food has grown into one of the most popular cuisines in the country. Dishes like egg rolls, chop suey, ...

Frankly, it depends whom you ask. We’ve posed the question to cutting-edge chefs, revered authors, hungry hell-raisers and ordinary folks. Their answers ranged from broad statements about wha… ...

The roots of Southern food. Southern food is a melting pot of cultural influences. It reflects the region's history of Native ...

The first American cookbook, published in 1796, promised local food and a kind of socioculinary equality. But generations later, foodies are still puzzling over how to define "American food." ...

Native American cuisine is having a revival. Here are six of the best restaurants from D.C. to Arizona where you can try this old-yet-new food for yourself.

The phrase “new American” may just be the culinary equivalent of “dude.” What it means depends, as with “dude,” on the inflection, the context and, perhaps, a spoonful or two of attitude.