Seven American Foods with Regional Availablilty

Image by Travel MSN One of the gentle ironies of the American Cultural Situation is the widespread availability of a limited amount of foodstuffs. Pick up any diner menu between the shining seas and it will have identical offerings; omelets, burgers, Reubens, chicken fingers. While there may be some comfort in the realization that we have all agreed to a National Palette, isn't it better to hunger for that only-locally-available edible which binds us culturally together, via food and place? Here are seven of these dishes which are only available regionally....