Fried walleye & cherry pie: Midwestern writers on food

Midwestern Staples. In the Midwest, It's Meatloaf / Elizabeth Berg --

Field Trips / Stuart Dybek --

Easter Island Almondine / Thom Jones --

Sandwich That Is Chicago / Michael Stern --

Cincinnati Five-Way Chili : Still Legal / Robert Olmstead --

Corn in Heaven / Jacquelyn Mitchard --

Let Them Eat Pâté / Peter Sagal --

High on the Hog / Jon Yates --

Chef and the Farmer / Gale Gand --

Recipe : Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Caramelized Figs --

Distant Cultures. Art's Lunch / Harry Mark Petrakis --

Tale of Two Tamales / Carol Mighton Haddix --

Recipe: Beef Brisket, Savory Cherry Compote,and Jalapeño Cheese Tamales --

Le Dog, Ann Arbor, Michigan / Jules Van Dyck-Dobos --

Night of the Rhubarb Kuchen / Anne Dimock --

Recipes: Rhubarb Kram --

Rhubarb Kuchen with Almond Meringue --

Black Migration / Donna Pierce --

Eat Now / Phyllis Florin --

Door County Fish Boil / Peggy Wolff --

Recipes: White Gull Inn Door County Cherry Pie --

White Gull Inn Fish Boil Recipe for Home Cooks --

Holidays, Fairs, and Events. Thrill Food / John Markus --

Under the Checkered Flag / Melanie Benjamin --

Bicentennial Pie / Timothy Bascom --

So You'll Diet Tomorrow / Lorna Landvik --

Thanksgiving Dinner / Mary Kay Shanley --

Recipe: Thanksgiving Stuffing with Cast-Iron Skillet Corn Bread --

Full Belly. Tam-O-Shanter, Lincoln, Nebraska / Sherrie Flick --

What Was Served / Douglas Bauer --

Tomorrowland / Peter Meehan --

I'll Eat Columbus / Molly O'Neill --

On Cider, Cornmeal, and Comfort / Robin Mather --

Recipe: Buttermilk Doughnuts with Cider Glaze --

Midwestern Sweet Tooth. The Great American Pie Expedition / Sue Hubbell --

Old sweetness / Bonnie Jo Campbell --

Recipe: Fudge --

Little Cake Pan That Could / Bonny Wolf --

Recipes: Chocolate Pistachio Cake --

Ella Helfrich'sTunnel of Fudge Cake --

When a Pie Is More Than a Pie / Jeremy Jackson --

Recipe: Mildred Jackson's Lemon-y Cream Pie.