1.
Tea[1. “the drink that changed the world”] or Coffee[2. “transformed our world”]
Doughnuts[3. “an American passion” but also “an edible symbol of Canadianness“]

2.
Peanut butter[4. “the story of peanut butter is the story of twentieth-century America”] on white bread[5. “what we think about the humble, puffy loaf says a lot about who we are and what we want our society to look like”]
Banana[6. “the fruit that changed the world”]
Glass of milk[7. “Got milk? If so, then you’ve got a whole lot else in your fridge as well: a hope, a duty, a highly regulated product, a carton of controversy, and a hand in industrializing America’s farms”]

3.
Oysters[8. “the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled”]
Cod[9. “the fish that changed the world”] sautéed in olive oil[10. “a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today’s lax protections against fake and even toxic food products in the United States”]
Potatoes[11. “rescued the Western world” and also “had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile”] with salt[12. “salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning”]
Beer, wine, liquor, coffee, tea, and a Coke[13. “the six drinks that have helped shape human history”]