The French are famous for their sauces, the Italian praised for their pastas, the German celebrated for their sausages, but is there anything to eat in the United States? When you get right down to it, there is nothing quite as un-American as American food. Because the united sates is made up mostly of immigrants, there is an amazing variety of food, from clam chowder in Boston to chile con crane in Houston. The United States is a vast country influenced by many cultures and climates, and the traditional food of one area is often totally unlike that of another New Mexico and Massachusetts are good examples of states that have very different traditional foods.