Food World

United States · Nationwide

Cheeseburger

Griddled beef patty and melted cheese in a soft bun - an American icon.

Desserts & Sweets

Chocolate Chip Cookie

Chewy buttery cookie studded with chocolate chips.

United States · Massachusetts

Meat & Grills

Fried Chicken

Buttermilk-brined chicken in a crunchy seasoned crust.

United States · Southern US

Pastrami on Rye

Towering hand-cut pastrami piled on rye with mustard.

United States · New York

Seafood

Poke

Cubed raw tuna dressed with soy, sesame oil and seaweed, served cold over rice or on its own.

United States · Hawaii

United States · Nationwide United States

Chili Dog

All-beef hot dog in a soft bun topped with meaty beanless chili, yellow mustard and chopped onion - the American ballpark classic.

United States · Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks, New York

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.

United States · North Florida, especially St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, the Matanzas and Tolomato river basins, Crescent Beach, and the broader First Coast

Soups & Stews

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.

United States · Driftless Region of southwestern Wisconsin

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.

Soups & Stews

Gumbo

Louisiana stew of dark roux, the holy trinity, sausage and seafood, thickened with okra or filé and served over rice.

United States · Louisiana

Drinks & Beverages

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.

United States · American Midwest and Northeast, especially Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Massachusetts

United States · California (San Francisco Bay Area, Gold Country, Los Angeles, Napa, Sonoma)

Breads & Pastries

California Sourdough Bread

Wild-yeast sourdough loaf born during the California Gold Rush, with thick crust and tangy crumb, perfected in San Francisco.

Soups & Stews

Clam Chowder

Creamy New England soup of chopped clams, potatoes and salt pork, a cold-weather coastal classic often served in a bread bowl.

United States · New England

Rice Dishes

Jambalaya

One-pot rice cooked with sausage, chicken and the holy trinity.

United States · Louisiana

United States · Lynchburg, Tennessee (mixed across the US)

Drinks & Beverages

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.

United States · California and Mexico (codified in Sausalito in the early 1970s; widespread across North American resort bars)

Drinks & Beverages

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.

Rice Dishes

Loco Moco

Rice topped with a burger patty, egg and gravy.

United States · Hawaii

United States · Wisconsin (Midwest)

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.

United States · Central Illinois, with Springfield as the origin and strong variations in Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal, Decatur, Peoria, and Madison, Wisconsin

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.

Meat & Grills

Laulau

Laulau is a Hawaiian dish of pork, salted fish and taro leaves wrapped in ti leaves and steamed until soft and savoury.

United States · Hawaii

Desserts & Sweets

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie is a North American dessert of spiced pumpkin custard baked in a pastry crust, a fixture of autumn and Thanksgiving.

United States · New England

United States · Cabot and Greensboro, Vermont; aged at the Cellars at Jasper Hill

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.