American Food美国的饮食

American cuisine has been influenced by Europeans and Native Americans in its early history. Today, there are a number of foods that are commonly identified as American, such as hamburgers, hot dogs, potato chips, macaroni and cheese and meat loaf. "As American as apple pie" has come to mean something that is authentically American.

早期美国人的烹调方式受到了欧洲人和美国本土人的影响。而如今，很多食物被认为是美国的，比如汉堡、热狗、薯片、通心粉、奶酪和肉糜卷。“像苹果派一样美国化”这句话已经特指某事物是地道的美国味。

There are also styles of cooking and types of foods that are specific to a region. Southern-style cooking is often called American comfort food and includes dishes such as fried chicken, collard greens, black-eyed peas and corn bread. Tex-Mex, popular in Texas and the Southwest, is a blend of Spanish and Mexican cooking styles and includes items such as chili and burritos and relies heavily on shredded cheese and beans. Normally, the American cuisines can be divided into five types according to different regions.

当然，还有一些烹饪方式和食物类型体现了特定区域的特色。南方美食被称作美国爽心美食，包括炸鸡、羽衣甘蓝、豇豆和玉米面包等美味。美墨边境烹饪流行于德克萨斯和美国西南部，是西班牙与墨西哥烹饪风格的混合体，包括以下元素：红辣椒、墨西哥卷饼和撒上厚厚的奶酪屑和豆类。一般来讲，美国的烹调方式根据不同的地区可以分成五种类型。

New England Cuisine新英格兰风格

New England is a Northeastern region of the United States, including the six states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Native American cuisine became part of the cookery style that the early colonists brought with them. Much of the cuisine started with one-pot cookery, which resulted in such dishes as succotash, chowder, baked beans, and others.

新英格兰是美国东北部的一个地区，包括六个州：康乃狄克州、缅因州、马萨诸塞州、新罕布什尔州、罗德岛州和佛蒙特州。美国本土的烹饪方式已经成为那些殖民者带来的烹饪方式的一部分。很多烹调技术都始于一锅煮的方法，它的经典美食有豆煮玉米、海鲜杂烩浓汤、茄汁焗豆等其他菜肴。

Lobster is an integral ingredient to the cuisine, indigenous to the coastal waters of the region. Other shellfishes of the coastal regions include little neck clams, sea scallops, blue mussels, oysters, soft shell clams and razor shell clams. The clambake as known today is a colonial interpretation of an American Indian tradition.

龙虾作为沿海水域的本土产品，是这里烹调方式的一个完整原料。沿海地区其他的甲壳类动物有小颈幼贝、海洋扇贝、贻贝、牡蛎、软壳蛤蚌和竹蛏。如今人们熟知的室外宴会，是美洲印第安人表达殖民地传统的方式。

Pacific and Hawaiian Cuisine太平洋夏威夷风格

Hawaiian regional cuisine covers everything from wok-charred ahi tuna, opakapaka (snapper) with passionfruit, to Hawaiian island-raised lamb, beef and aquaculture products such as Molokai shrimp. A broad variety of produce is included - most notably tomatoes, strawberries, mushrooms, sweet maui onions and tropical fruits such as papayas, mangoes, lilikoi (passionfruit) and lychee.

夏威夷地方菜涵盖了从焦烧金枪鱼、西番莲果丝鳍紫鱼到夏威夷岛上生长的羊、牛和莫洛凯虾等水产品在内的所有食物。包括广泛的农产品，尤其是番茄、草莓、蘑菇、毛伊岛甜洋葱和木瓜、芒果、百香果和荔枝等热带水果。

Midwest Cuisine中西部风格

Midwestern cuisine covers everything from barbecue to the Chicago-style hot dog.

美国中西部风味包括从烤肉到芝加哥热狗在内的所有食物。

The American South Cuisine美国南部风格

The cuisine of the American South has been influenced by the many diverse inhabitants of the region, including Americans of European descent, Native Americans and African Americans. The cuisine of the American South, along with the rest of its culture, is one of the most distinct in all of the country.

美国南部的烹调方式受到来自不同地方居民的影响，包括欧洲人的后裔、美国土著和非裔美国人。美国南部烹调连同它的其他文化，是整个国家中最有特色的一种。

Cuisine in the West西部

Cooking in the American West gets its influence from Native American and Mexican cultures, and other European settlers into the part of the country. Common dishes vary depending on the area. For instance, the Northwest relies on local seafood, while in the Southwest, Mexican flavors are extremely common.

美国西部的烹调是受到美国本土、墨西哥文化和其他欧洲移民的影响。普通的菜肴依据地区的特色而不同。比如，西北地区依赖本地的海产品，而西南地区经常能看到墨西哥风味。