In this episode of Tasting History, Max Miller dives into the surprising story of SPAM—how a simple canned meat became a wartime essential and a global cultural icon. He also whips up a retro 1950s ...

SPAM has been sitting on grocery shelves for decades, a rectangular can of packaged meat provoking devotion and derision in equal measure. Its four-letter name, spoken with curiosity and bewilderment, ...

Introduction -- Part One: Why are we eating this -- Photo chapters: Molded foods -- Pineapple -- That's not racist, that's our brand -- Bananarama -- Food councils -- Substitues! -- Mystery meats -- A ...