CUISINE OF THE USA

Alicja Aleksander
Zuzanna Krzemiska
Justyna Maecka

SOME HISTORICAL FACTS

Pre-Colonial cuisine

ADOBE OVENS

COLONIAL PERIOD

Really British till the times of American

Revolution

After 1783
Independence!

SO, WHATS TIPICALLY AMERICAN?

Renown Products and dishes

PEANUT BUTTER

HOW?

APPLE PIE

TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST

EGGS AND FRIED BEACON

HAMBURGER

REGIONAL CUISINES IN THE USA

Division into regions:

New England (region 1)

Mid-Atlantic (region 2&3)
The South (region 4&5)
Midwest (region 6&7)
The Southwest (region 8)
The West (region 9&10)

MAP OF THE USA

NEW ENGLAND
New England consists of six states:
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN

NEW ENGLAND

The Native American cuisine as a part of the

cookery style of early colonists.
Practical and fugal cuisine.

One-pot dishes: 1. succotash, 2. chowder, 3. baked

beans etc.

THE MOST COMMON INGREDIENTS

TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW
ENGLAND:
Lobster
Other shellfish: little neck clams, razor shell
clams, blue mussels or oysters
Much of this shellfish contributes to New
England Tradition clambake

FRUITS OF NEW ENGLAND

The Vitis labrusca grapes

Use: grape juice and jelly, wines
Worldwide company producing grape juice:
Welchs
Worldwide company making higher quality
wines: Mogen David, Manischewitz
Cranberries
Apples
The original varieties: Baldwin, Lady, Mother,
Porter, Pecks Pleasant etc.

PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN

One of the most culturally diverse U.S. states

The only state with an Asian majority population

Hawaiian cuisine as example of variety fusion

of Asian and Pacific-rim cultures as traditional
native Hawaiian

THE MOST POPULAR DISHES OF

PACIFIC AND HAWAIIAN CUISINE

Seared ahi tuna with wasabi beurre blanc sauce

Opakapaka (snapper) with passionfruit

Hawaiian island-raised lamb, beef and meat

products
A broad variety of agricultural products:
tomatoes, strawberries, mushrooms, sweet maui
onions and tropical fruits

MIDWEST

Everything with barbecue

Chicago-style hot dog

THE AMERICAN SOUTH

Influence on the cuisine of many diverse

inhabitants of the region

Americans of European descent

Native Americans
African Americans

One of the most distinct cuisines in all of the

country

THE MOST COMMON DISH OF

THE AMERICAN SOUTH

fried chicken

THE WEST

Influence of Native American and Mexican

cultures, and other European settlers into the
part of the country
Varying of the dishes depending on the area

THE MOST COMMON DISHES IN THE

WEST
various specialties involving salmon
In the Plains/Mountain States, such as Utah,
Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado
and Wyoming, cowboy/ranch culture is a factor,
and variations on the beef theme