List of American regional and fusion cuisines

Regional

• Cuisine of the Northeastern United States
  • Cuisine of New England
    Cuisine of New England
    New England cuisine is an American cuisine which originated in the northeastern region of the United States known as New England.It is characterized by extensive use of seafood and dairy products, which results from its historical reliance on its seaports and fishing industry, as well as extensive...
    
    
  • Cuisine of Philadelphia
    Cuisine of Philadelphia
    The cuisine of Philadelphia was shaped largely by the city's mixture of ethnicities, available foodstuffs and history. Certain foods have become iconic to the city. Invented in Philadelphia in the 1930s, the cheesesteak is the most well known icon of the city, and soft pretzels have become a part...
    
    
  • Cuisine of New York City
    Cuisine of New York City
    Cuisine of New York City comprises many cuisines belonging to various ethnic groups that have entered the United States through the city. Almost all ethnic cuisines are well represented in NYC, both in and out of their various ethnic neighborhoods....
    
    
• Cuisine of the Midwestern United States
  Cuisine of the Midwestern United States
  Midwestern cuisine is a regional cuisine of the American Midwest. It draws its culinary roots most significantly from the cuisines of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, and is influenced by regionally and locally grown foodstuffs and cultural diversity....
  
  
  • Cuisine of Chicago
• Cuisine of the Southern United States
  Cuisine of the Southern United States
  The cuisine of the Southern United States is defined as the historical regional culinary form of states generally south of the Mason Dixon Line dividing Pennsylvania from Maryland and Delaware as well as along the Ohio River, and extending west to Southern Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.The most...
  
  
  • Cuisine of Kentucky
    Cuisine of Kentucky
    The cuisine of Kentucky mostly resembles that of traditional Southern cuisine. Some common dinner dishes being fried catfish and hushpuppies, fried chicken and country fried steak. These are usually served with vegetables such as green beans, greens, pinto beans slowed cooked with pork as...
    
    
  • Floribbean
    Floribbean
    Floribbean cuisine is found in varying forms in Florida restaurants and in the homes of many Floridians throughout the state. The essence of what makes a particular dish "Floribbean" is similar to many other aspects of Floridian culture: that it is heavily influenced by visitors and immigrants from...
    
    
  • Lowcountry cuisine
    Lowcountry cuisine
    Lowcountry cuisine is the cooking traditionally associated with the South Carolina Lowcountry and the Georgia coast. While it shares features with Southern cooking, its geography, economics, physics, demographics, and culture pushed its culinary identity in a different direction from regions above...
    
    
  • Cajun cuisine
    Cajun cuisine
    Cajun cuisine is the style of cooking named for the French-speaking Acadian or "Cajun" immigrants deported by the British from Acadia in Canada to the Acadiana region of Louisiana, USA. It is what could be called a rustic cuisine — locally available ingredients predominate, and preparation...
    
    
  • Louisiana Creole cuisine
    Louisiana Creole cuisine
    Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana which blends French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Asian Indian, Native American, and African influences, as well as general Southern cuisine...
    
    
  • Soul food
    Soul food
    Soul food cuisine consists of a selection of foods traditional in the cuisine of African Americans. It is closely related to the cuisine of the Southern United States...
    
    
• Cuisine of the Western United States
  Cuisine of the Western United States
  The Western United States has its own cuisine, distinct in various ways from that of the rest of the country. Those states west of Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska would be considered part of this area, as would, in some cases, western parts of adjoining states. The locavore movement is...
  
  
  • Cuisine of California
    Cuisine of California
    The cuisine of California is the local cuisine of the U.S. state of California.- Local ingredients :A highly varied range of micro-climates, dominated by a mild Mediterranean climate, and popular health-conscious diets and lifestyles in California promote the production, use and consumption of...
    
     and the distinct California cuisine
    California Cuisine
    California cuisine is a style of cuisine marked by an interest in fusion cuisine and in the use of freshly prepared local ingredients.The food is typically prepared with strong attention to presentation...
    
    
  • Pacific Northwest cuisine
    Pacific Northwest cuisine
    Pacific Northwest cuisine is an North American cuisine of the states of Oregon, Washington and Alaska, and the provinces of British Columbia and the southern Yukon...
    
    
  • Rocky Mountain cuisine
    Rocky Mountain cuisine
    Rocky Mountain cuisine is a North American cuisine of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Montana in the United States and Alberta in Canada. Some distinguishing dishes include bison and Rocky Mountain oysters.-Description:...
    
    
• Cuisine of the Southwestern United States
  Cuisine of the Southwestern United States
  The Cuisine of the Southwestern United States is food styled after the rustic cooking of the Southwestern United States. It is also known to be very popular in the west coast state of California...
  
  
  • New Mexican cuisine
    New Mexican cuisine
    New Mexican cuisine is a regional cuisine found in New Mexico, reflecting the regional climate and long history as part of the Native American, Mexican, Spanish and United States cultures. This form of southwest cuisine is most popular in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California...
    
    
  • Tex-Mex
    Tex-Mex
    Tex-Mex is a regional American cuisine that blends food products available in the United States and the culinary creations of Mexican-Americans influenced by the cuisines of Mexico.Tex Mex may also refer to:...
    
    
• Cuisine of Hawaii
  Cuisine of Hawaii
  Modern Hawaiian cuisine is a fusion of many cuisines brought by multiethnic immigrants to the Hawaiian Islands, particularly of American, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Polynesian and Portuguese origins, including plant and animal food sources imported from around the world for agricultural...
  
  
• Puerto Rican cuisine

Ethnic and religious

• Immigrant cuisine
  Immigrant cuisine
  Immigrant cuisine refers to food that originates as a foreign cuisine that has been altered, sometimes dramatically, to use tastes, techniques, and ingredients common or unique to the new culture...
  
  
• American Chinese cuisine
  American Chinese cuisine
  American Chinese cuisine refers to the style of food served by many Chinese restaurants in the United States. This type of cooking typically caters to Western tastes, and differs significantly from the original Chinese cuisine.-History:...
  
  
• Euro-Asian cuisine
• Halal
  Halal
  Halal is a term designating any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term is used to designate food seen as permissible according to Islamic law...
  
  
• Italian-American cuisine
  Italian-American cuisine
  Italian American cuisine is the cuisine of Italian American immigrants and their descendents, who have modified Italian cuisine under the influence of American culture and immigration patterns of Italians to the United States...
  
  
• Jewish cuisine
  Jewish cuisine
  Jewish Cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Jewish people worldwide. It is a diverse cuisine that has evolved over many centuries, shaped by Jewish dietary laws and Jewish Festival and Sabbath traditions...
  
  
• Native American cuisine
  Native American cuisine
  Native American cuisine includes all food practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Information about Native American cuisine comes from a great variety of sources. Modern-day native peoples retain a rich body of traditional foods, some of which have become iconic of present-day Native...
  
  
• Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch
  Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch
  Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine is the typical and traditional fare of the Pennsylvania Dutch, and it has had a considerable influence on the areas in which they originally settled, Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania, as well as the neighboring areas that they have migrated to over time...
  
  

See also

• Barbecue
  Barbecue
  Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
  
  
• Fast food
  Fast food
  Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
  
  
• Fusion cuisine
  Fusion cuisine
  Fusion cuisine combines elements of various culinary traditions while not being categorized per any one particular cuisine style, and can pertain to innovations in many contemporary restaurant cuisines since the 1970s.-Categories and types:...
  
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• New American cuisine
  New American cuisine
  New American cuisine is a term for upscale, contemporary cooking served primarily in restaurants in the United States. Combining flavors from America's melting pot with traditional techniques, New American cuisine includes ethnic twists on old standbys, Old World peasant dishes made from luxury...
  
  
• Christmas dishes
• Western pattern diet
  Western pattern diet
  The Western pattern diet, also called Western dietary pattern or the meat-sweet diet, is a dietary habit chosen by many people in developed countries, and increasingly in developing countries. It is characterized by high intakes of red meat, sugary desserts, high-fat foods, and refined grains...