Yes, (Breathe) It’s Finally Election Day - No. 311

I’m voting for chicken and rice + a bite of history with Dolley Madison’s cakes

FOOD MAY BE THE FURTHEST thing on your mind if you vote today. You may even miss lunch if the lines are long. But food has always had a close association with politics.

While American polling locations today are closely monitored and no gifts of food are allowed, in the hills of Appalachia, gingerbread used to be baked by the candidates’ wives and handed…