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Exploring Regional Cuisine

Local Foods

What is regional cuisine and how did it come about. In some cases a local food dish where developed because the ingredients where widely available or because preferred ingredients where in short supply and substitutions where made. Other locally favorite dishes became popular because an area had a high immigration concentration and the inhabitants brought their food preferences with. In some cases restaurants developed cuisine to stand out against there competition.




Frogmore Stew - South Carolina



Maid Rite - Iowa



Original Runza - Nebraska



Burnt Ends - Kansas City Missouri



Hoppin John - South Carolina

Regional Food Mainstream

Some regional foods are so good they become nationally loved foods. Like Buffalo Wings started in Buffalo New York and spread nationwide. Philadelphia Cheese Steak is another great sandwich that had its start on Philadelphia but is now available nationwide.

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