Editor’s Note: Americans have come up with a lot of incredible foods. Does this list satisfy your appetite? Or have we frankly left out one of your favorites? Let us know in the comments below.

It's been a little over three years since the former Top Chef contestant and James Beard Award-winning chef opened his fine dining restaurant, Tatiana, and the accolades haven't stopped coming. The ...

On the Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: From lobster rolls to Vietnamese Tex-Mex fusion, American cuisine is challenging to define. British food writer Felicity Cloake, author of ...

Names like DiGiorno, Delmonico, Ghirardelli, Gallo and other Italian American food brands are so ubiquitous that most people ...

The food historian in me cringes when people describe American food as “hamburgers and hot dogs,” as if two dishes could possibly represent everything American cuisine has to offer. The description is ...

What is American food? What is America? Go ahead, we're all waiting. It's not like it's a difficult question or anything. Had Europeans never made it over here, maybe the answer would be simpler: ...

(CNN) — America is called a melting pot – and that’s certainly true of its food. The USA’s culinary history is that of reinvention. Waves of food influences – Native, African, British, continental ...

We may live in divided times, but eating has always brought the U.S. together.