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America's Melting Pot

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1970-1989

Santa Maria Tri-Tip

This iconic California barbecue dish features a triangular cut of beef, seasoned simply with salt, pepper, and garlic salt, then grilled over red oak wood for a smoky flavor. Santa Maria Tri-Tip gained popularity in the 1970s and 1980s as a regional favorite for tailgates and backyard barbecues.

West Coast45 minutes

The chuckwagon was a rolling kitchen and a center of order on the open range. Beans, sourdough, dried meat, coffee, potatoes, rice, onions, lard, and Dutch-oven desserts kept crews moving through hard country.

1865-1930s

Black Foodways and the Taste of Freedom

Black foodways are central to the American table. Rice knowledge, field peas, greens, oysters, barbecue, red beans, baking, market vending, church suppers, and Juneteenth foods carry stories of survival, skill, enterprise, and celebration.

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