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 's an amazing variety of foods,
from clam chowder in Boston to chile con came 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.