Lately, I’ve been fascinated by Midwestern snacks, especially puppy chow—a sweet treat made from cereal coated in chocolate ...

It was a filling station years ago. Now it is a new restaurant that takes customers back to the 1970s, with a menu made for eating on the run, or for those who stay and play in the arcade.

A small Christian sect that for decades was little noticed by the outside world has found itself riven by a very public child ...