My Cheesy Midwestern “Funeral Potatoes” Will Haunt You for Life
Jed Portman is a Kansas City, Missouri-based writer and the editor of the Midwestern-food-focused newsletter Midwesterner. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jed grew up eating fried chicken and sauerkraut balls at his family’s 224-year-old restaurant, The Golden Lamb, and has gone on to write about American regional food traditions for publications including Serious Eats, Garden & Gun, and Men’s Journal.
