“Sweetened condensed milk dressing would've been the height of culinary innovation back in the day,” says Tom Hishon, chef and co-founder of Auckland’s Kinji and DAILY BREAD . “It's a bit of a Kiwi ...

When it comes to salad, the Midwestern U.S. is a lawless land, where traditional rules are not enforced. Having grown up there, I know intimately that Jell-O and marshmallows are just as common a ...

Sweetened condensed milk also speaks to a resourcefulness that I can easily reconcile with a 1990s Midwestern upbringing. “It was born out of a postwar era where food supplies were extremely tight and ...