Snacking State-by-State


The last few years I have been on a personal quest to educate myself about the foods of the United States.  As I tend to do in all areas of my life, I have re-invented the wheel in this endeavor.  There are books already out there that showcase the foods of the United States.  But scholar that I am, I wanted to personalize it with my own investigations and (of course) preparations.  The end result?  Snacking State-by-State.

The posts are listed below in index format.  States are commingled with types of dishes, making it fairly easy to find whatever you need to find!  Each applicable post has the state with which I associated it listed afterwards, but remember that does not mean the recipe is necessarily only found in that one state (to wit, fried catfish is not specific to Alabama).

African-American / soul food (see also "Ethiopian", "Southern" and "West African")
Alabama
Alaska
alcoholic beverages
Amish (see also "German")
Appalachian (see also "Midwestern" and "Southern")
Arabic (see also "Jewish / kosher")
Arizona
Arkansas
Basque
bean dishes - see "legumes"

beef dishes
beverages (see also "alcoholic beverages")
Big Sky Country, cuisine of - see "Western"

bison / buffalo dishes
breads, biscuits, rolls and muffins
British
burgers - see "sandwiches"

cakes, cobblers and cookies (see also "desserts and sweet things")
Cajun / Acadian (see also "French Canadian / Québécois" and "Southern")
Canadian (see also "French Canadian / Québécois")
Caribbean - see "Cuban" and "Puerto Rico"

California
Canadian
candies - see "desserts and sweet things"

casseroles - see "stews, chili and casseroles"

cheese dishes (where cheese is a main ingredient)
Cherokee
Chesapeake / DelMarVa
chili - see "stews, chili and casseroles"

Chinese (also includes Americanized Chinese)
Chippewa / Ojibwe
city-specific dishes (dishes that, while they may not just be found in these cities, are dishes or cuisines for which their cities are well-known)
Colorado
Connecticut
Cornish - see "British"

Cree
Cuban
Czech
  • Vanocka (Czeck Christmas Bread) (Nebraska)
Deep Southern - see "Southern"

Delaware
desserts and sweet things
District of Columbia
dumplings
Dutch
Eastern European - see "Czech", "Polish", "Russian", "Slovak" and "Ukrainian"

Ethiopian
family recipes
Filipino
Florida
food truck food
French Canadian / Québécois
fried foods (see also "stir-fries")
Georgia
German
Great Plains, foods of the - see "Midwestern"

Greek
halal / Islamic
hamburgers - see "sandwiches"

Hawaii
Hawaiian - see previous entry

historical recipes (recreations of old cookbook recipes from US history)
holiday and special occasion foods
hors d'oeuvres and dips
hot dogs - see "sandwiches"

Idaho
Illinois
Indian / South Asian
Indiana
introduction
Iowa
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish / kosher
Kansas
Kentucky
Korean
Lakota - see "Sioux"

lamb dishes
legumes
Louisiana
Lowcountry (see also "Southern")
Maine
Maryland
mashup recipes (using leftover ingredients from previously completed recipes)
Massachusetts
Mexican
Michigan
Mid-Atlantic cuisine
Midwestern
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
molecular gastronomy
Montana
Mormon
Native American (see also specific tribes)
Navajo
Nebraska
Nevada
New California cuisine - see "California"

New England cuisine (see also "Northeastern")
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexican - see "New Mexico" and "Southwestern"

New Mexico
New York
Nigerian - see "West African"

North Carolina
North Dakota
Northeastern (see also "Mid-Atlantic cuisine" and "New England cuisine")
Northwestern
Norwegian - see "Scandinavian"

Ohio
Ojibwe - see "Chippewa"

Oklahoma
Oregon
organ meats
Ozark - see "Southern"

Pacific Rim
Pennsylvania
pies, pockets and pasties (includes both sweet and savory)
Polish
Polynesian
pork dishes
Portuguese
poultry dishes
Prairie, Foods of the - see "Midwestern"

puddings and custards
Puerto Rican / Boricua / Nuyorican - see next entry

Puerto Rico
redux posts (regional dishes revisited after the main series of posts concluded)
Rhode Island
rice and other whole grain dishes
Rocky Mountain - see "Western"

Russian
Russo-German - see "German" and "Russian"

salads and cole slaws
Salvadoran
sandwiches
Scandinavian
seafood
Sioux
skewers and kebabs
Slovak
soups and chowders (see also "stews")
South Carolina
South Dakota
Southeast Asian - see "Filipino", "Thai" and "Vietnamese"

Southern (see also "Appalachian", "Cajun", "Chesapeake / DelMarVa" and "Lowcountry")
Southwestern
stews, chili and casseroles
stir-fries
Swedish - see "Scandinavian"

techniques for preparing food
vegetarian (non-vegan, including dairy, eggs, gelatin or honey)
Vermont
Vietnamese
Virginia
Washington
Washington, DC - see "District of Columbia"

Welsh - see "British"

West African
West Virginia
Western (see also "California", "Northwestern" and "Southwestern")
Wisconsin