Fried walleye & cherry pie: midwestern writers on food

Midwestern Staples. In the Midwest, It's Meatloaf / Elizabeth Berg

Field Trips / Stuart Dybek

Easter Island Almondine / Thom Jones

Sandwich That Is Chicago / Michael Stern

Cincinnati Five-Way Chili : Still Legal / Robert Olmstead

Corn in Heaven / Jacquelyn Mitchard

Let Them Eat Pâté / Peter Sagal

High on the Hog / Jon Yates

Chef and the Farmer / Gale Gand

Recipe : Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Caramelized Figs

Distant Cultures. Art's Lunch / Harry Mark Petrakis

Tale of Two Tamales / Carol Mighton Haddix

Recipe: Beef Brisket, Savory Cherry Compote,and Jalapeño Cheese Tamales

Le Dog, Ann Arbor, Michigan / Jules Van Dyck-Dobos

Night of the Rhubarb Kuchen / Anne Dimock

Recipes: Rhubarb Kram

Rhubarb Kuchen with Almond Meringue

Black Migration / Donna Pierce

Eat Now / Phyllis Florin

Door County Fish Boil / Peggy Wolff

Recipes: White Gull Inn Door County Cherry Pie

White Gull Inn Fish Boil Recipe for Home Cooks

Holidays, Fairs, and Events. Thrill Food / John Markus

Under the Checkered Flag / Melanie Benjamin

Bicentennial Pie / Timothy Bascom

So You'll Diet Tomorrow / Lorna Landvik

Thanksgiving Dinner / Mary Kay Shanley

Recipe: Thanksgiving Stuffing with Cast-Iron Skillet Corn Bread

Full Belly. Tam-O-Shanter, Lincoln, Nebraska / Sherrie Flick

What Was Served / Douglas Bauer

Tomorrowland / Peter Meehan

I'll Eat Columbus / Molly O'Neill

On Cider, Cornmeal, and Comfort / Robin Mather

Recipe: Buttermilk Doughnuts with Cider Glaze

Midwestern Sweet Tooth. The Great American Pie Expedition / Sue Hubbell

Old sweetness / Bonnie Jo Campbell

Recipe: Fudge

Little Cake Pan That Could / Bonny Wolf

Recipes: Chocolate Pistachio Cake

Ella Helfrich'sTunnel of Fudge Cake

When a Pie Is More Than a Pie / Jeremy Jackson

Recipe: Mildred Jackson's Lemon-y Cream Pie.