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The EssayA Taste of Summer in AmericaEpisodes

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  1. Homecoming

    5/5Novelist Audrey Niffenegger on alternatives to delicious ice cream now she cannot eat it.

  2. Two Seaside Buns

    4/5Author Simon Van Booy, transplanted to New York, compares hot dogs and lobster rolls.

  3. The Cookout

    3/5Author TC Boyle considers how cookouts are memorable markers of his American summers.

  4. Cheeseheads

    2/5American author Nathan Englander discovers an obsession with cheese in Midwestern markets.

  5. Corn on the Cob

    1/5Author Susan Orlean celebrates corn on the cob, integral to an American summer.