I Tried the Spaghetti & Meatballs at 4 Major Italian Chains and One Tasted Homemade

There's no lack of food diversity here in the United States. From Chinese to Mediterranean to Mexican, cuisines of all kinds and from every corner of the globe are represented. However, one of the most agreed upon and comforting things has to be Italian food. The entire category of fare just has a way of bringing people together, and even though many popular dishes are Americanized takes on Italian cooking, they're beloved all the same.

One such Italian-American dish—and debatably the most iconic—is spaghetti and meatballs. History shows that the meal started rolling onto plates in the late 1800s to early 1900s. This is when Italian immigrants in New York City decided to blend their classic spaghetti and marinara sauce recipes with America'...