A FOOD TRADITION
American cuisine
A diverse national cooking tradition shaped by Indigenous, immigrant, and regional foodways across the United States.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Apple pie
A baked American dessert with spiced apples enclosed in a wheat-flour pastry crust.
BLT sandwich
A sandwich of bread filled with bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
Boston cream pie
A layered sponge cake filled with pastry cream and finished with a chocolate glaze.
Brownies
Dense baked chocolate squares made from a sweet batter of flour, cocoa or chocolate, fat, sugar, and eggs.
Buffalo wings
Fried or baked chicken wings coated in a tangy hot-pepper sauce commonly emulsified with butter and served with optional celery or dipping sauce.
Cheesecake
A rich American dessert consisting of a sweetened cheese-based filling served on a crust or as a crustless cake.
Chicken pot pie
A savory baked pie filled with chicken and vegetables in a creamy sauce beneath a pastry crust.
Chili con carne
A seasoned stew of beef simmered with tomatoes, chili pepper, onion, and often beans.
Chocolate chip cookies
A baked American cookie made from sweetened dough studded with chocolate chips.
Cincinnati chili
Cincinnati chili is a spiced minced-beef sauce served over spaghetti and often finished with optional kidney beans and grated cheddar cheese.
Club sandwich
A layered sandwich of white bread, turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
Cobb salad
Cobb salad is a composed American salad of lettuce topped with chicken, cured pork, hard-boiled egg, tomato, avocado, blue cheese, and dressing.
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