Rachel B. Herrmann

“The connection between a hot temper and an empty stomach,” explained through a history of colonial interactions with indigenous peoples.

Thanksgiving is a holiday about food – but it is more specifically a holiday about food’s absence.

White soldiers, escaped slaves, and American Indians all dealt with food scarcity but often reacted to it differently.

Hunger hasn't always always caused anger and violence - in American history, hunger was more likely to be suppressed.

Rachel Herrmann asks whether there’s such a thing as “American food.”