food
What is Delicatessens?
Deli is short for delicatessen, and comes from the Greek word “delicatesse,” meaning delicacy. A deli is a store where ready-to-eat foods — especially foods of various ethnic groups — are sold. New York, home to many ethnic groups, has numerous delicatessens. Perhaps the best known are the Jewish and Italian delicatessens. Here, respectively, corned-beef [...]
America's Love Affair With Corn
Corn has been the food of sustenance for Native Americans as far back as records can be found. Some Native Americans refer to themselves as “children of the corn.” When European explorers and then settlers came to America, the native Indians gave them corn and showed them how to cook and eat it. The new [...]
American Buffalo: King Of The Prairie
In May 1894, Congress outlawed the hunting of buffalo in Yellowstone Park. This was the first step by the United States government toward protecting an animal that earlier American settlers had tried to eliminate. Before white people arrived, buffalo were abundant on the plains and prairies. Indian storytellers recall the days when a person could [...]
Horned Puffin: Stacking Fish Like Cordwood
The horned puffin, a cliff-dwelling bird, swims after fishes in offshore waters. It attacks a school of herrings or anchovies from behind. As it swings its head from side to side, grabbing a fish in its bill, the food is stacked like cordwood — with the heads pointed in alternating directions.