When a dish really hits a nerve with the American palate, it can really take off across the entire country, facilitated by food vendors' freedom to copy good ideas.
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When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or anybody else.
People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation.
The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households.
The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns.
New York's food scene is truly unique because it is this wonderful melting pot where immigrants from all over the world have brought with them their cuisines and their ingredients.
I just hope Americans come to understand that food isn't something to be manipulated by our teeth and shoved down our gullet, that it's our spiritual and physical nourishment and important to our well-being as a nation.
American cooking is one of the unknown cuisines in America.
If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.
In America, we are engaged in constant battle with food.