A FOOD TRADITION
New England cuisine
New England cuisine is a long-established northeastern tradition shaped by Indigenous ingredients, English settlement, maritime trade, and immigrant communities. Seafood, shellfish, potatoes, corn, dairy, apples, beans, and maple are central, while preservation methods include salting, smoking, pickling, baking, and cellar storage. Coastal cooking emphasizes simple preparations that showcase cod, clams, lobster, and other local seafood; inland traditions use dairy, grains, and root vegetables. Recognizable examples include clam chowder, baked beans with brown bread, and lobster rolls. The cuisine spans Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut without being reducible to any single state.
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