Whoopie pies, cakelike creme sandwiches that are possibly of Amish origin
Your culinary gain is the planet's loss. Sure, you can drive down a Virginia highway and get Philly cheese steaks, New England clam chowder, buffalo wings and St. Louisstyle ribs, but it's almost impossible to find the peanut soup the Old Dominion State was famous for.
As with everything else, there are foodie progressives and foodie reactionaries, and they look at the peanut-soup problem differently. Mark Kurlansky, the best-selling author of
Salt
and
Cod
, has a new book, titled
The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food Before the National Highway System, Before Chain...
