Everyone knows the phrase "as American as apple pie." It's a warm, golden, buttery badge of patriotism that's served up at Fourth of July picnics, Thanksgiving tables, and small-town diners across the ...

This is an apple pie fit for *** founding father. I'm *** living historian. Let's do this and let's do it all the way. And this is the guy who made it. Meet Michael Smith, AKA the 18th century cook.

Before Chico was founded, John Bidwell was looking for gold along the Feather River, and in 1848 he found it. As word of gold spread, a settlement popped up nearby that would quickly become known as ...