While running for the Mississippi governorship in 1975, Charles Finch — better known to his constituents as Cliff — endeavored to establish himself as “the workingman’s candidate.” One day each week ...

It looks ordinary at first glance—a dented, old-fashioned metal lunch pail, the kind once carried by coal miners and factory workers. But at Virginia Tech, it has come to symbolize something much ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Pierson Prioleau waited two long years to get his hands on the lunch pail, so the moment he finally did, right after Virginia Tech’s season-opening win against Rutgers in 1997, is ...

From re-purposed lard pails to bento boxes, the way students carry lunch to school has changed almost as much as the classrooms they learn in. Our Tools of the Trade series is exploring some of the ...

Fred Carlson has collected lunch boxes for 34 years and knows exactly how many he has in his collection: 1,845. (Michal Thompson/Hillsboro Argus) The grade school cafeteria conjures visions of a place ...

During the broadcast of Saturday’s Virginia Tech-Boston College game, some attention was given to Virginia Tech’s lunch pail. This, apparently, is the idea: Every day [defensive tackle John Graves] ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Ike Charlton hails from the prosperous football state of Florida, where he grew up in Orlando as a Florida State fan. When he left high school, however, the Seminoles never called, and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This week, I read a nice story by writer Randy Billings about Maine’s U.S.

“‘Lunch Break’ is a project that recognizes Maine workers for their skills and creativity, as well as their self-reliance and dignity,” says Elizabeth Finch, the Lunder Curator of American Art at the ...

Lisa LeComte packs her lunch bucket almost every day. Except it’s not a bucket at all — it’s a bento. So where can you get these bentos? (We mean the boxes — Lisa’s not packing your lunch for you.) ...