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Parent topics
- Cooking [r]: The act of using heat to prepare food for eating. Cooking may also be said to occur by certain cold-preparation methods. [e]
- Cuisine [r]: A specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. [e]
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
Subtopics
- Barbecue [r]: Cooking technique that involves slow cooking with charcoal or wood fires, sometimes outdoors, but generally in special ovens. [e]
- Cajun cuisine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chinese-American cuisine [r]: As first seen in the U.S., primarily variants of Canton/Guangzhou style home cooking prepared not by skilled chefs, but railroad workers and other laborers; some dishes, such as chop suey, first appeared in the U.S. [e]
- Fast food [r]: Food prepared and served quickly for on-the-go consumption. [e]
- German-American cuisine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hawaiian cuisine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Italian-American cuisine [r]: Adaptations, and new creations inspired by Italian models, of primarily Southern Italian dishes; pizza is Sicilian-derived but there are far more American than Italian versions [e]
- Jewish-American cuisine [r]: While there are some religious influences, the style is more of adaptations of Eastern European cooking to American palates and materials; some items, such as what most people recognize as a bagel, were created in the U.S. [e]
- New England cuisine [r]: Principally developed by English settlers with influences from Native Americans of the area (e.g.,corn), the style includes many things from the abundant local seafood (e.g., New England clambake), long-cooked dishes such as Boston baked beans, and dishes either based on staples of ships (e.g., molasses), or of immigrants in maritime communities (e.g., Portuguese) [e]
- Soul food [r]: Form of African-American cuisine developed in the southern states of the U.S; comfort food. [e]
- SPAM (meat product) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tex-Mex [r]: Add brief definition or description
