| A drive down the Atlantic sea coast from Maine | | | | tortillas with salsa, the mingling of piquant flavors |
| to Florida will take you along a delicious path of | | | | sparked with native herbs and spices. Many |
| seafood delicacies spiced with the culture of those | | | | Pennsylvania favorites have grown from |
| who settled the region. In Maine, the seafood is | | | | Pennsylvania Dutch roots - shoofly pie and apple |
| stick-to-your-ribs no-nonsense. There's nothing | | | | pandowdy graced many a hausfrau's table in the |
| simpler - or more satisfying - than a pot full of | | | | old days. In Louisiana the influence of the |
| Maine steamers. Littlenecks, cherrystones or | | | | Caribbean and African shines through in dishes like |
| mussels, steamed in beer and dipped in pure | | | | gumbo and blackened swordfish, both |
| creamery butter is a treat fit for gods who | | | | mouth-searingly delicious. |
| understand that serving a food au natural allows | | | | Even within regions there are smaller pockets that |
| the flavor to stand on its own. New England is | | | | are bastions of regional cooking. On opposite sides |
| famous for its 'plain cooking' - clam chowder, | | | | of the country, both San Francisco and New York |
| baked beans, New England boiled dinner and | | | | City are famous for Chinese food thanks in large |
| Yankee Pot Roast are all dishes that simply aren't | | | | part to their large immigrant populations. Boston's |
| the same anywhere else in the country. | | | | North End is a feast for any lover of Italian food, |
| There's more to it than just seafood, though. | | | | but is renowned throughout the United States for |
| Everyone knows that the only place to get a | | | | its Italian pastries. |
| cheese steak is Philly, a bagel and lox is NYC and | | | | Like its people, the cuisine of the United States is |
| Chicago does the best ribs in the world. You can't | | | | a melange drawn from other nations and other |
| leave New England without trying the salt water | | | | cultures. From coast to coast, and border to |
| taffy or Vermont without a keg of maple syrup. | | | | border, each region has its specialties and |
| No trip to Georgia would be complete without a | | | | delicacies. There is no one 'U.S. cuisine'. Instead, |
| slice of pecan pie, and if you think you're going to | | | | each region, each state, each city, each |
| find real chili anywhere outside of Texas, well - | | | | neighborhood has its own unique style and flavor, |
| Texans will tell you different. | | | | drawn from the people who settled there and |
| For some, the regional cuisine is a matter of | | | | made it home. |
| culture. In New Mexico, the blending of Native | | | | More Cuisine Secrets From Around The World |
| American and Spanish foods gives us blue corn | | | | Here! |