"In America all cornbread is in the shape of corn, that's how you can tell if it's real. "

So saith Chip Ahoy , who tells a very old joke about learning numbers and gives a recipe bereft of numbers. And Chip wants me to tell you t...

"Why our food is making us fat" — It's Nixon's fault!

"The story begins in 1971." Richard Nixon was facing re-election. The Vietnam war was threatening his popularity at home, but just...

At the Big Game Café...

... you can see everything from here . And have some corn ...

At the Tall Corn Café...

... you can aspire to anything .

"We know where you’re going to use it, and it’s great for that area."

What's the best way to encourage men to powder their balls? ... Dry Down Friction Free Powder by Jack Black ($18 for 6 ounces), with cor...

Al Gore explains his mistaken support for the government's terrible ethanol policy.

"One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a c...

"When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop..."

"... there was nothing electric, nothing inflatable, nothing with latex membranes or strobes. I do remember the first time I saw bright...

"I was a corn-packer. And I know that term is offensive. To some people. Because corn-packer is a derogatory term for a gay Iowan."

Colbert responds to Iowa Republican Steve King. IN THE COMMENTS: Quaestor said... Some impression[s] I've formed on this matter: 1) A di...

At the Country Store Café...

... either there's no smoking or pets are allowed.

35 years of "Blood on the Tracks."

Do you remember waking up in that tenement apartment that morning in 1975 and listening to the new Dylan album on the FM radio? "'T...

Corn smut is tasty and good for you too.

A fungus we should be eating, not eradicating. When huitlacoche attacks corn, the insidious-looking pustules that bubble up don't just f...

Popcorn, the breakfast cereal.

Really .

We made corn.

"In the 19th and 20th centuries we made stuff: corn and steel and trucks." Another David Brooks first line.

Icy sidewalks and hating to use salt.

I don't want any floor-damaging grit either. So, what's left? I found this: When I had a wooden deck I used to scatter cracked corn ...