In 1937, canned, gelatinous meat became as much an American cultural institution as a culinary one, when the Hormel Food Corporation spawned Spam in an Austin, Minnesota, food lab. The product — a ...

Sep. 30—Spam was invented in 1937 by Hormel Food Corporation as the Great Depression was coming to a close, and it gained in popularity after World War II. Over the years, Spam has flourished in rural ...

It’s the dawn of Thanksgiving week, that time when we pause to stuff ourselves with rich, fatty food, watch way too much football and, oh, yeah, give thanks for everything we have. So here goes.

If money wasn't an issue, we could be dining on caviar and lobster prepared by the world's finest chefs every day — and yet there's something about comfort food that just hits different. Sometimes, ...

It shares its name with those annoying emails nobody wants. It comes in a can and is made of … some sort of spongy meat? Whether you grew up eating it and still love it or you’ve merely eyed it ...

Lopez Island chef Josh Ratza wrote the book about taking ramen to the next level. In "Elevated Instant Ramen: Inspiration, Ideas, Ideology," Ratza explores the art and nuance of the ramen hack. It ...

Love it or hate it — at least it’s inexpensive. Sales of Spam, made by Austin-based Hormel Foods, are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their ...