Both the United States and Britain have foods referred to as chips. And both of them are made of fried potatoes. But they're not the same thing: In the U.K., ordering chips at a restaurant will get ...

Here’s the thing about French fries: they’re almost certainly not from France. You know what else is not from France? Potatoes.

As American as it gets, or at least as American as it briefly tried to get, freedom fries were what happened when a pile of deep-fried potatoes wandered into international politics.Most people know ...

A post comparing how South Africa, the UK and the US name chips sparked laughter and debate, revealing how history shaped everyday food languages ...