Nach einem Jahr der Recherche, Debatte und der Hilfe vieler von Ihnen in Ihren Heimatregionen habe ich eine nationale Karte von 78 Lebensmittelregionen in den USA fertiggestellt. Jedes Gebiet basiert auf unterschiedlichen kulinarischen Traditionen, die von Geografie, Kultur und Geschichte geprägt sind, von Gullah und Tex-Mex bis hin zu Monroe BBQ und Karausche-Küche.
Ich würde mich über Ihr Feedback freuen: Habe ich etwas Offensichtliches übersehen? Soll eine Region umbenannt, entfernt oder weiter aufgeteilt werden?
Eine Version dieser Karte soll nächstes Jahr als Teil eines nationalen Kulturatlas gedruckt werden. Dies ist also die letzte Abstimmungsrunde, bevor sie endgültig festgelegt wird.
Bearbeiten – habe gerade versucht, dies in höherer Auflösung erneut hochzuladen. Ich bin so hoch gegangen, wie Reddit es zuließ. Tut mir leid, wenn es immer noch unscharf ist. Schicken Sie mir eine DM oder schauen Sie sich die Links in meinem Profil an und ich verweise Sie auf eine höher aufgelöste Version
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I recently made a simplified version of this map, but a lot of people kept asking for (and even buying) the text-heavy museumy one, so I posted that first this time.
I’ll share the simplified, more visual version next week for those who want just the clean regional view.
A lot of these regions were refined based on feedback from Reddit, food historians, and restaurant menus. I’ve tried to keep things grounded in actual cooking traditions, not exclusively ingredients or restaurant trends (though there’s some of that in there too). That’s why some regions were merged or cut entirely.
Still open to feedback! If you see something from your region that feels mislabeled or missing especially niche city dishes or overlooked Indigenous, immigrant, or regional foodways I’m still taking input on this. Thanks to everyone who contributed sources, recipes, or their own on the ground experience in the past!!!
Would have taken a decade or two to travel to each of these regions and map it myself.
Amazing map, not to be ungrateful but the work already done but I’d love to see a list of quintessential restaurants that goes with these cuisines.
Do you have a way for me to download this in high quality? I want a way to read it without having to swipe through the photos. I tried saving the full picture but the text was too blurry to read in that quality.
It’s a super fascinating map. I want to explore it!
A+ stuff! Studied geology back in college, and maps like this just hit different
We should force all Americans to state their regional cuisines when they apply for visas if they want to travel to the EU.
I’d say you nailed it for Minnesota.
The only problem is that there’s a ton of overlap. All three of those cuisines are standard things you’d find in a dinner lineup if you’re cooking like grandma does.
Incredible work!!! Map junkies from around the world are going appreciate this…
Weird one, but there are probably pockets of non-European cuisine in smaller cities with an unusually high diaspora of one group. For example, Peoria, IL has a fairly large and districtive Lebanese food culture.
This seems very relevant given the recent government shutdown…
For Monterrey Bay, I would honestly throw in tacos in some capacity. Fish tacos, asada, etc. It is super vague but the major towns there (Santa Cruz, Monterrey, Salinas, etc.) have major Hispanic populations which have contributed majorly to the local cuisine.
Great map! What are the two blue counties in very extreme Southern Illinois? They’re not labeled.
These kinds of maps are usually garbage but this one looks really good (for the areas I’m familiar with). Great work!
People will talk shit about US food culture, but I’ll argue to the death that Acadian cuisine will beat many countries alone.
French cuisine is often seen as the premier cuisine in the world, and Acadian/Cajun is an evolved version that is further influenced by both Native American and African cultures as well as local ingredient differences, resulting in a more soulful, spicier version of rural French culinary culture.
I live in one of those islands. When I moved here I was astounded at how different food stuff was compared to where I moved from. Despite being only 4 hours away.
I remember seeing a version of this months ago and I nerded out over it then, and continue to do so now after all the refinements. Congrats on the publishing deal!
This is phenomenal! Now I’m really hungry. 🤣
Congrats man! Have u published this already? It is really a full-time project. As a European I find this incredibly useful when I’ll visit US.
OP, I do know for a fact Bay County in MI should be 32, and not 50. The area is heavily Polish, and this may spill to surrounding countries
Is the full image available for download anywhere?
Must have been a lot of work. For a not-so-popular topic for maps I can totally feel OP’s passion and dedication to it.
>A version of this map’s headed to print next year as part of a national cultural atlas, so this is the last round of tuning before it gets locked in.
Do you have a title or ISBN yet? I’d love to keep an eye out for it.
Stuff like this is why I love Reddit so much, Great work man!
Vegas still has buffets, but after Covid, a lot of casinos got rid of them. I’d say, even more celebrity restaurants opened up.
I’d love to buy this as a poster
Alachua County, FL more 41 than 49.
Unexpectedly accurate. Username checks out
I’d like to take this moment to once again remind you all how much I hate reddit’s forced image viewer.
Love that you mentioned Northern Alabama cuisine with white sauce! Unknown to many but man is it good on some chicken. In my college history course on Alabama History we had a mini lesson all about white sauce, its origin, and how it was culturally significant during the period of conception.
Region 31 is fascinating to me, I had no idea that subculture existed. Thanks for your work on this, it’s fascinating!
Great work
Nothing to add but good fucking work, you should feel proud.
East Texas cuisine is very dissimilar to Florida and Georgia 49. Crab is not common. Fried catfish, fried shrimp, and crawfish are the usual seafood options. Being situated between central Texas and Louisiana, our cuisine incorporates Texas barbecue, Cajun cuisine, and southern staples like chicken fried steak, grilled pork chops, fried chicken, Black eyed peas, cornbread, mashed potatoes, and fried okra. Pecan pie is correct.
You could add northern neck ginger ale to region 6.