Cuisine of the United States - Definition and Overview

The Cuisine of the United States is characterized by the broad diversity of the possible foods, but more importantly the willingness of the country as a whole to integrate widely divergent foods. Cuisines differ from region to region and are influenced by innovation and centuries of immigration.

Some kinds of American cuisine include:

• American Chinese cuisine
• Barbecue
• California cuisine
• Euro-asian cuisine - a kind of Fusion cuisine
• Fast food
• Midwestern cuisine
• New England cuisine
• New York City cuisine
• Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine
• Puerto Rican cuisine
• Southern cuisine
  • Cajun food
  • Creole
  • Soul food
  • Tex-Mex
• Southwestern cuisine
• Suburban cuisine

List of American foods

Corn on the cob

Buffalo burger

• Boston baked beans
• Buffalo wings
• Buffalo steaks and burgers
• Chicago-style pizza
• Chili con carne
• Chop suey
• Corn dogs
• Corn on the cob
• Disco fries
• Fortune cookies
• Fudge
• Grits
• Gumbo
• Hoecakes
• Hot dish
• Hush puppies
• Ice cream cone
• Jambalaya
• Macaroni and cheese
• Peanut butter
  • Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
• Philadelphia cheese steak
• Pumpkin pie
• Scrapple
• Shoo-fly pie
• Sweet potato pie
• Thanksgiving Dinner (Roast Turkey, Cranberry sauce, etc.)

Related topics

• Cuisines of other countries
• Girl Scout cookies
• Christmas food in the United States

External links

• American Recipies (http://www.elook.org/recipes/american/)

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Cuisine of the United States