American cuisine

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American cuisine encompasses the cooking style and range of dishes prepared in the United States. It primarily derives from a mixing of European cuisine, Native American and Alaskan cuisine, and African American cuisine known as soul food. The Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, South, West, Southwest, and insular areas all have distinctive elements, reflecting native food resources, local demographics, and culinary innovation. These developments have also given some states and cities distinctive elements. Hawaiian cuisine reflects substantial influence from its native Polynesian cuisine and from East Asian cuisine, while Louisiana Creole integrates elements from French, West African, and Native American cuisines. Proximity and territorial expansion have also led to substantial influence from Latin American cuisine, including new forms such as Tex-Mex and New Mexican cuisine. Native American cuisines such as Tlingit cuisine have persisted. Modern mass media and global immigration have brought...

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