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Cooking In America

Our 4th of July Ritual Is Less About Hot Dogs and More About Dumplings

When cookbook author Hetty McKinnon moved to New York, she cooked all the American holiday classics. Five years later, she's creating some classics of her own.

The Most Popular Food at This Japanese 4th of July Party Is My Mother's Filipino Barbecue

As a child on a Japanese naval base, Rezel Kealoha found fireworks in her mother's marinade.

On the Fourth of July, My Family Feels the Most Caribbean

A tale of lobster rolls, mango chow, and beastly-cold Carib beer.

"It's Hard for Me to Wrap My Chef-y Brain Around, But Our Barbecues Aren't Really About the Food."

Chef Katy Smith can't replicate the carne asada of her wife's childhood. So she's creating new traditions that have the same flavor.