American food means more than just hotdogs and apple pie. This expansive country, hailed as a cultural “melting pot”, is home to a variety of cuisines that reflect the indigenous foods of the different regions of the country and the customs of the people who lived and settled there. From the resourceful fun of Cajun and Creole cuisines in the American South to the refined fusion and fresh produce that can be found in California cooking, American recipes embrace the enormous breadth of the US, and the people that live here.