America

Foods

Cuisine,
food ind
ustry and
America
n food sy
mbols

The U.S. cuisine is divided

mostly geographically in:

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Nort
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Much of the cuisine started

with one-pot cookery, which
resulted in such dishes as
succotash,chowder,
baked beans, and others.[34]
Starches are fairly simple,
and typically encompass just
a handful of classics like
potatoesandcornmeal, and
a few native breads like
Anadama bread,johnnycakes
,bulkie rolls,
Parker house rolls,popovers,
Northern region is fairly conservative
and with its
spices, but typical spices includenutmeg,
ginger,
New England
brown bread.
cinnamon,cloves, andallspice, especially in
desserts, and for savory foods,thyme,
black pepper,sea salt, andsage. Typical
condiments includemaple syrup, grown from the
nativesugar maple,molasses, and the famous
cranberry sauce.

South
Thecuisine of the
Southern United
Statesis the historical
regional culinary form of
states generally south of
theMasonDixon line
dividingPennsylvaniaand
DelawarefromMarylandas
well as along theOhio River
, and extending
west influences
to
Native American
are still quite visible in
the use ofcornmealas an essential stapleand
southernMissouri,
found in the Southern predilection for hunting wild
OklahomaandTexas.

game, in particularwild turkey,deer,woodcock,

and various kinds ofwaterfowl; for example,
coastal North Carolina is a place where hunters will
seektundra swanas a part of Christmas dinner; the
original English and Scottish settlers would have
rejoiced at this revelation owing to the fact that
such was banned amongst the commoner class,

American fast-foods
When anyone says America, the first
things in their mind are the American
fast-food restaurants, best represented
by McDonalds.
The 10 biggest
fast-food chains
are all founded
in U.S.

A typical fast food meal in the United

States includes a hamburger, french
fries, and a soft drink

Apparition and evolution

of fast-foods in United States

Asautomobilesbecame popular and more

affordable following World War I,
drive-in restaurantswere introduced. The
American companyWhite Castle, founded by
Billy Ingram and Walter Anderson inWichita,
Kansasin 1921, is generally credited with
opening the second fast food outlet and first
hamburgerchain, selling hamburgers for five
cents each.[8]Walter Anderson had built the
first White Castle restaurant in Wichita in
1916, introducing the limitedmenu, highvolume, low-cost, high-speed hamburger
restaurant.[9]Among its innovations, the
company allowed customers to see the food
being prepared.White Castlewas successful
from its inception and spawned numerous
competitors.

Most known American restaurants worldwide

Here we will present some of

the most known fast-food
restaurnts:

McDonalds
Burger
King
KFC

McDonald
s

The McDonald's Corporation is the

world's largest chain of hamburger
fast food restaurants, serving around
68 million customers daily in 119
countries across 35,000 outlets.
Headquartered in the United States,
the company began in 1940 as a
barbecue restaurant operated by
Richard and Maurice McDonald. In
1948, they reorganized their business
as a hamburger stand using
production line principles.
Businessman Ray Kroc joined the
company as a franchise agent in
1955. He subsequently purchased the
chain from the McDonald brothers
and oversaw its worldwide growth.

Burger King
Burger King, often abbreviated as BK,
is a global chain of hamburger fast
food restaurants headquartered in
unincorporated Miami-Dade County,
Florida, United States. The company
began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a
Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant
chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into
financial difficulties in 1954, its two
Miami-based franchisees, David
Edgerton and James McLamore,
purchased the company and renamed
it Burger King.

KFC(Kentucky Fried Chicken)

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a

fast food restaurant chain that specializes
in fried chicken and is headquartered in
Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. It
is the world's second largest restaurant
chain (as measured by sales) after
McDonald's, with 18,875 outlets in 118
countries and territories as of December
2013. The company is a subsidiary of
Yum! Brands, a restaurant company that
also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
chains

Convenien
ce food
Convenience food, ortertiary
processed food, isfoodthat is
commerciallyprepared(often
throughprocessing) to optimize ease
of consumption. Such food is usually
ready to eat without further
preparation. It may also be easily
portable, have a longshelf life, or
offer a combination of such
convenient traits. Althoughrestaurant
meals meet this definition, the term
is seldom applied to them.
Convenience foods include ready-toeat dry goods, frozen foods such as
TV dinners,shelf-stable foods,
prepared mixes such as cake mix,
andsnack foods.

Something that not many

people know is that, most if
not all of the aliment
products are injected with
corn syrup for a better look
and taste. So, what is, in
fact, corn syrup?
Corn syrup is a food syrup which is
made from the starch of maize (called
corn in some countries) and contains
varying amounts of maltose and higher
oligosaccharides, depending on the
grade. Corn syrup is used in foods to
soften texture, add volume, prevent
crystallization of sugar, and enhance
flavor.

Fast-foods role in chronic diseases

Chronic diseases are the major cause of death and disability worldwide
Facts
*In the United states, chronic diseases accounted for 88% of all
deaths in 2012
*Total deaths in the United states, 2012=2.421.000
*Total deaths due to chronic disease in the united States,
2012=2.120.000

Global Meat Consumption, WHO, 2012

Here we can see 2 scales,

Global Meat Consumption
and Rate of Obesity
according to WHO, both
in which The United
States are leading.
Rate of Obesity, WHO, 2012

Links and useful information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjDYd2gxzT4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDxzMcCrOyI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrO-lf345o

WendysColumbus, Ohio
Baskin RobbinsGlendale, California
Dominos PizzaYpsilanti, Michigan
Dunkin DonutsQuincy, Massachusetts
Burger KingMiami, Florida
Pizza HutWichita, Kansas
KFCNorth Corbin, Kentucky
McDonaldsSan Bernardino, California
SubwayBridgeport, Connecticut