Food & Drink

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How to Build an Authentic Philadelphia Hoagie

Legend has it Philadelphians have been eating hoagies since shipyard workers tucked them into their lunch pails during World War I. The hoagie is simple but precise: good bread, the right meats and cheese, crisp...

Why Philly’s Cheesesteak Feels Sacred

Nothing says love like a Philadelphia cheesesteak, says Frankie Olivieri, the third‑generation owner of Philly’s famous Pat’s King of Steaks. In a short video with correspondent Susan Spencer, Olivieri lays out why the...

José Andrés: Food as America's Story and Duty

Chef José Andrés, who was born in Spain and became a U.S. citizen in 2014, frames food as the link between our past and our future. Through his humanitarian group, World Central Kitchen, he has overseen the delivery of...

Chef Rescues Missing Regular, He Returns

Pensacola, Florida — At the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, one customer had become part of the furniture. For a decade, 78-year-old Charlie Hicks ordered the same thing twice a day: a cup of gumbo, light on the rice and no...

Chef Rescues Regular, Rebuilds His Life

For 10 years Charlie Hicks ate lunch and dinner at the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola every day—gumbo, light rice, no cracker—twice a day like clockwork. When he suddenly stopped showing up one September, chef Donell...

Turkey vs. Ham: The Great Thanksgiving Debate

As turkeys received their presidential-style pardons this week, not a single pig got the same courtesy — which brings us to the perennial Thanksgiving question: turkey or ham? Kelly O’Grady takes a look.