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American Food Culture in USA
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Tags: American Food, Classic American Cuisine, Hamburgers
American Food
The United States has an extremely active food culture with many levels. Food is sustenance in America, food is socialization and enjoyment, food is nutrition, and food often becomes the occasion for political argument, press coverage and even legal action.
Americans want to be well-fed. They take for granted that the foods they eat will be satisfying as to quantity, quality or often the two combined. Americans are demanding. If they opt for "fast-food" they want it immediately, cheaply, with variety, with an eye toward food safety and, more and more, with an accounting for nutritional needs. At the other extreme, Americans seem constantly to be on the lookout for new "fine-dining" experiences, artisanal breads and cheeses, specialty fruits, vegetables and meats, exotic gourmet products, tasty and innovative convenience foods for their freezers. The standard American food market today, even in the smallest communities, carries gourmet and international food items that twenty years ago could be found only in big city "gourmet" food shops.
Cooking in America has iconic significance. Americans revere celebrity television chefs, engage in and watch cooking competitions, flock to food exhibitions and fairs. Television programs in America feature "dream" kitchens. Many Americans collect recipes and cookbooks, insisting on having the latest equipment, gadgets, celebrity-endorsed pots and pans, cutting boards or knives. Cooking schools, both amateur and professional, abound. A great number of Americans soak up any information they can get about cooking from magazines, culinary books, television, the Internet; though many are too busy (or too lazy) to actually cook, the result is a populace that is becoming extremely well-educated and discriminating about food matters.
Food-related illness and eating disorders, especially obesity, are of great concern in the United States. A large weight loss industry thrives; childhood obesity and school nutrition issues a
| | American Foods: |
| | Classic American Cuisine |
| | Modern American Cusine |
| | Hamburgers |
| | Hot Dogs |
| | Pizza |
| | Beef |
| | Pork |
| | Seafood |
| | Poultry |
| | Fruits and Vegetables |
| | Cheese and Dairy Products |
| | Bread and Rolls |
| | Sandwiches |
| | Salad Bars |
| | Breakfast Foods and Pancakes |
| | Sugar, Honey and Sweeteners |
| | Chocolate and Candy |
| | Ice Cream and Frozen Treats |
| | Barbecue |
| | Chili |
| | Hot Sauces and Foods |
| | All You Can Eat |
| | Bar Food |
| | Street Food |
| | Carnival and Event Food |
| | Snack Foods |
| | Vegetarian Foods |
| | Gourmet and Specialty Foods |
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