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Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Making up for lost time with the Baltimore pit beef

Jeff Cioletti

6/05/19 8:14PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

It’s time to think outside the crock about cheese spread

Nick Leggin

5/27/19 6:43PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Jus’ what kind of pie is chess pie?

Zach Brooke

5/20/19 8:19PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

You never forget your first meatball salad

Maggie Hennessy

5/16/19 7:43PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Mock St. Louis-style food all you want, but do not mock our pizza

Clint Worthington

4/28/19 7:11PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Why confine pepper-and-egg sandwich season to just 40 days?

Jeff Cioletti

4/18/19 6:05PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Chinese stir-fry arrived in Peru and gave the world lomo saltado

Ines Bellina

4/16/19 6:16PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Navajo frybread is a golden crisp canvas of possibilities

Brian Yaeger

1/22/19 7:16PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Pittsburgh salads prove you can put fries on absolutely anything

Danny Palumbo

1/20/19 7:54PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

The fried paneer sandwich has become a cult fast-food hit

M. Paramita Lin

1/16/19 6:16PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Fondue, Imma let you finish, but raclette is the best melted cheese of all time

Jeff Cioletti

1/13/19 4:49PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Sicilian pizza squishes to fill the Jersey-shaped hole in my heart

Kate Bernot

1/09/19 8:58PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

An Iowan childhood overflows with loose meat sandwiches

Jon Yates

1/03/19 8:57AM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Abura soba, the ramen that shed its broth

Matthew Amster-Burton

12/18/18 5:57PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Stollen is the German holiday bread that can’t shake its fruitcake resemblance

Kate Bernot

12/05/18 7:17PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Kielbasa is the Polish sausage that found an American home

Jeffrey M. Barker

12/03/18 6:04PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

How Kansas City’s burnt ends became the ultimate barbecued meat

Bryan Petcoff

12/02/18 7:30PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

New Jersey’s version of the Sloppy Joe exists nowhere else

Kate Bernot

11/27/18 6:14PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

The Fluffernutter is a sticky, contested New England delicacy

Ilana Gordon

11/26/18 7:10PM

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Pork roll is New Jersey’s treasured bacon B-side

Danielle Guercio

11/11/18 7:51PM

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