Ian MacAllen

I cooked up a spinach pie, and looked into the history of spanakopita in the United States

I planted some tomatoes. A lot of tomatoes, actually. And I looked into the history of Rutgers Tomato.

I tracked down one of the last cans of Minute Maid frozen concentrate, so obviously I had to look into the history of orange juice concentrate, and find out why its going away.

We ate some leeks with beans and bacon.

Flies Head is a modern Taiwanese dish. I cooked some up for dinner, and then I made tacos.

In the latest Food Notes, a look at Nathan's Famous and how the evolution of Coney Island helped shape this chain.

I look at the ancient Italian pasta dish that was instrumental in my child.

We ate at Sami's Kabab House in Astoria.

I cooked up som chicken parm, and wrote about the history of the Italian American dish.

Food has become a big part of baseball stadiums, from the wild to the delicious, here's the new foods you should (and shouldn't) eat at America's baseball stadiums.

I cooked up the viral dumpling lasagna. It was better than expected and I would make it again.

Mel's Diner on the West Coast of Florida was chaining spanning a hundred miles. Now its down to 4 locations. We had lunch there.

I made some American Alfredo, and explain why thats different than actual Fettuccine Alfredo.

I pastafied French Onion soup.

We had dinner at Wayan Miami, an Indonesian inspired restaurant built on a legacy of fusing French and southeast Asian cuisine.

I had some gas station tacos in south Florida.

The history of American Alfredo sauce.