Food of United States
113 traditional dishes · North America
Cities & regions of United States
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Cheeseburger
Griddled beef patty and melted cheese in a soft bun - an American icon.
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chewy buttery cookie studded with chocolate chips.
Fried Chicken
Buttermilk-brined chicken in a crunchy seasoned crust.
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Pastrami on Rye
Towering hand-cut pastrami piled on rye with mustard.
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Poke
Cubed raw tuna dressed with soy, sesame oil and seaweed, served cold over rice or on its own.
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Chili Dog
All-beef hot dog in a soft bun topped with meaty beanless chili, yellow mustard and chopped onion - the American ballpark classic.
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Kunik
A triple-cream soft goat cheese from the Adirondack Hudson Valley - goat milk blended with cow cream, bloomy-rinded, and aged into a near-liquid, buttery centre.
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Minorcan Clam Chowder
A tomato-based Florida chowder of clams, potatoes, and datil peppers, brought to St. Augustine by Mahón-Menorca settlers in the 18th century.
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Cameo
A small Wisconsin farmstead cheese from Soldiers Grove - French-style fromage blanc, lightly salted and briefly aged, with a creamy texture and a clean, lemony finish.
Gumbo
Louisiana stew of dark roux, the holy trinity, sausage and seafood, thickened with okra or filé and served over rice.
Boilermaker
An American bar ritual of dropping a shot of whiskey into a glass of beer, served at diners and taverns across the Midwest and Northeast.
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California Sourdough Bread
Wild-yeast sourdough loaf born during the California Gold Rush, with thick crust and tangy crumb, perfected in San Francisco.
Clam Chowder
Creamy New England soup of chopped clams, potatoes and salt pork, a cold-weather coastal classic often served in a bread bowl.
Jambalaya
One-pot rice cooked with sausage, chicken and the holy trinity.
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Lynchburg Lemonade
Lynchburg Lemonade is a tart, tall cocktail of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey, triple sec, lemon and lemon-lime soda, named for the spirit's home town.
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Tequila Sunrise
A layered long drink of silver tequila, fresh orange juice and floated grenadine - unmixed, so the syrup sinks and the glass glows from orange to red.
Loco Moco
Rice topped with a burger patty, egg and gravy.
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Mona
Mona is a soft, washed-rind cheese made from goat's milk on a Wisconsin farm, known for its creamy texture and mild, tangy flavour.
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Horseshoe Sandwich
A Springfield, Illinois open-faced sandwich of bread, meat, fries, and a sharp cheddar-beer cheese sauce, on menus across central Illinois since the 1920s.
Laulau
Laulau is a Hawaiian dish of pork, salted fish and taro leaves wrapped in ti leaves and steamed until soft and savoury.
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin pie is a North American dessert of spiced pumpkin custard baked in a pastry crust, a fixture of autumn and Thanksgiving.
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Cabot Clothbound
An aged bandaged-wheel cheddar from the Cabot Creamery cooperative of Vermont, matured for ten to fourteen months at the Cellars at Jasper Hill.
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Dixie Dog
Western North Carolina red-dyed all-beef hot dog in a soft bun, topped with beanless chili, mustard and chopped onion.