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As the month of July approaches, we are reminded of not only summer’s arrival but Independence Day and its significance to our culture. It’s an All-American holiday, and our inclination is to celebrate it with All-American food and drink. But in a country that has been, from its earliest days, a land of immigrants, is there a food source solely indigenous to the Americas? The answer is corn, and while we’ve adapted the hot dog and the hamburger, beer and wine from other cultures, corn belongs to us. It provides an identity to our cuisine, but let’s not forget that it is also the source of our very own American libation: bourbon.  more »