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Celebrate our country's heritage with classic American recipes that will take you right back to Mom's kitchen table.

From regional specialties and nostalgia-inducing oddities to Americanized renditions of some of our greatest immigrant fare, we decided to rank the top 50 best foods.

A brief introduction to the "American Food" and "American Cuisine" debate. And, a culinary timeline to help understand how American food evolved from the Native American staples to today's cutting-edge American "cuisine."

United States of America has a unique and diverse cuisinem (mmmerica). Each regions cuisine is highly influenced by history. The cuisine of America depends on the nationality of colonists that settled in different regions and by the ingredients locally available.

While well known for the mass production and global uniformity of fast food outlets, America is actually home to wide-ranging regional cuisine and the influence of immigrant groups past and present.

A chef tastes dishes from every state, including all the clam chowders, beaver tail stew, and the country's most delicious cookie.

Here are 25 food that could have only happened in America.

This is a list of American foods and dishes. There are a few foods that predate colonization, and the European colonization of the Americas brought about the introduction of a large number of new ingredients and cooking styles.

American food gets an unfair rap these days.  With the rise of ethnic cuisines - whatever that means, in this great melting pot - and supermarkets full of salad bars and microwave dinners, it's easy to forget how many extraordinary homegrown delights are still served on tables across the land.

The New York times book the Fast Food Nation.

When it comes to American food, the country is best known for the stuff that's described by words better suited to greasy, grinding industrial output. But Americans have an impressive appetite for good stuff, too. 

At its essence, American food began as a cuisine of survival free from the burdens of tradition and elitism.

The cuisine of the United States reflects its history. The European colonization of the Americas yielded the introduction of a number of ingredients and cooking styles to the latter. The various styles continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many foreign nations; such influx developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.

The importance placed on food in US culture, including Thanksgiving festivities and local markets.

In Order From Good To Absolute Best. Not all foods are created equal.

The Huffington Post's section on American food culture.