I don’t eat a lot of fast food. When I do, I’m usually left disappointed. So, would this be the case when I went to Five Guys to get a patty melt—a secret menu item that’s not so much a secret anymore ...

The undersung cousin of an American classic is a superior sandwich, our critic argues. Resistance to the ebb and flow of fashion is baked into the patty melt’s being.Credit...Nico Schinco for The New ...

Hangry waits for no one. Especially not Kendra Vaculin, our associate food editor. In Speedy Does It, her monthly column, she’s sharing whoa-worthy dinners you can get on the table like (snaps fingers ...