Tastes that personify place

Source: frenchrecipe.net

This is the third in a series on how our senses can personify places. Posts have already been published on sounds and smells. Most cultures have their own cuisine from Mexican to Italian to French to Chinese to Brazilian to Japanese to Thai to Greek. Even certain cities have cuisines named for them, particularly in Europe. Meanwhile, a numerous cities and towns in the United States and around the world have certain meals or foods that we associate with them.

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Here’s a list of some of the cities/places that have foods regularly associated with them or have certain cuisines all their own. the list is not meant to be comprehensive.

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Barcelona, Spain – Catalan cuisine

Boston – New England clam chowder, Boston baked beans, and Boston cream pie

Brussels, Belgium – Belgian waffles

Chicago – Chicago style deep dish pizza and Chicago-style hotdogs

China – cuisines associated with various provinces

Cincinnati – chili

Copenhagen, Denmark – Danish pastries

Florence, Italy – Tuscan or Florentine cuisine

Detroit – coney dogs and pączki

Hershey, Pennsylvania – chocolate

Indianapolis – pork tenderloin

Kansas City – steaks and barbeque sauce

Lancaster, Pennsylvania – shoofly pie and chicken corn soup

Lafayette, Louisiana – Cajun cuisine

Louisville – Mint Julep and fried chicken

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and much of the U.K. – pastys

Milwaukee – frozen custard, cheese curds, and beer

New Orleans – Cajun cuisine, Creole cuisine, seafood, and gumbo

Naples, Italy – Neapolitan cuisine

New York City – New York style pizza and Long Island ice tea,

Omaha – steak

Paris, France – breads, pastries, baguettes, French cuisine

Philadelphia – cheese steaks, cream cheese,

Rome, Italy – Roman cuisine

San Francisco – seafood, Ghiradelli Chocolate, wines from the nearby Napa and Sonoma valleys, burritos, and Rice-a-Roni

Seattle – King crab, coffee

Valencia, Spain – Valencian cuisine

Venice, Italy – Venetian cuisine