THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Lamb Chislic Lamb chislic has been a part of South Dakota cuisine since before it became a state! It was brought to the area by German-Russian immigrants in the 1870s. Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Reuben Sandwiches There are multiple stories about where the Reuben sandwich originated, but one of the prevailing theories is that it all started in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1920s, when Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) It’s funny—when I was outlining plans for these state-inspired meals, I assumed that less-populated states like Kansas wouldn’t have a wide range of unique foods to choose from. But there Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) Ever since my trip to St. Louis in June of 2023, I’ve been so excited to try making some of these foods for myself! And I was really happy to Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) If you were to ask me to picture a typical farmer’s dinner, this is pretty close to what I would imagine. It made me think of Sunday dinners with my Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) This meal was right up my alley—I never realized how many Utah foods are so similar to Midwestern foods! Jell-O, dessert salads, casseroles, rhubarb, goulash, dessert bars… So many of Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) We have “America’s Dairyland” to thank for a lot of our favorite American foods—Oscar Mayer weiners, Johnsonville brats, Kraft cheese, Tombstone pizza, Culver’s, and more! Wisconsin produces a quarter of Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) I keep wanting to type or say “Inspired by Chicago” when referring to this meal. I swear I tried not to make this entirely Chicago-centric, but it’s hard to deny Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) I still haven’t been to Kentucky, but it’s at the top of my list of places to visit now that I live right above it in Indiana. I’d go mainly Read More
THE MEAL (Click on the links above to jump to that part of the post!) I never would have guessed when I started this challenge in 2021 that . . . well, first of all, that it would take me this long. But also, I Read More