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Perhaps nowhere is America’s melting pot heritage more obvious than in our food. Visit Gullah Restaurant near Charleston for authentic low country cuisine. Head up to Maine to savor the freshest lobster possible. From breakfast to a midnight snack, we’ll help you enjoy a taste of America.
Food: New York Bagels
That’s New York bagels, as in bagels from the shops in New York City. A friend who recently spent extended time in France raves abut...
Read MoreFood: Shrimp and Grits
This is a low country favorite, the low country consisting of Charleston, South Carolina (Great American Things, June 7, 2009) and its...
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Food: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Peanut butter and Hershey’s milk chocolate. It’s not a complicated thing. Two very popular ingredients that came...
Read MoreFood: Blind Betty's Hot Sauce
Blind Betty’s is certainly hot enough, but it’s not going to kill brain cells in the process, as some other sauces will. It...
Read MoreFood: Hamburger Joe's, Myrtle Beach
Like most good hamburger joints, there’s nothing fancy about Hamburger Joe’s. Oh, you can dine out on the back porch with a...
Read MoreHoliday: Conversation Hearts
The primary manufacturer of conversation hearts in America, the NECCO candy company, makes more than 8 billion of them each year....
Read MoreFood: Fritos Corn Chips
Imagine going into a grocery store before the era of convenience foods. You’d see fresh produce, barrels of penny candy, some canned...
Read MoreFood: New Orleans Cuisine
For those who don’t get to New Orleans often, the area’s two distinctive cuisines – cajun and creole – are often...
Read MoreFood: Life Savers
Pep-O-Mint Life Savers came first, back in 1912. The second flavor introduced was Wint-O-Green. The best flavor ever, Butter Rum, came out...
Read MoreFood: Sweet Iced Tea
Yes, this is a regional thing, I realize that. Which is to say, that if you drink iced tea outside of the South and don’t sweeten it...
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