This post is therefore and ode to the one thing I love about this country above all else. The one thing that just isn't matched anywhere else on earth. The one thing, above all else, that has benefited from America's multicultural heritage.
FOOD.
Whether it's German (bratwurst, frankfurters, hamburgers, spetzle, sauerbrotten), Irish (corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, soda bread, shepherds pie), Italian (pasta (only grandma's will do), pizza, antipasto, cannoli), Greek (gyros, psito, souvlakia, octopodi), Polish (kielbasa, pierogies, golabki), Japanese (sushi, onagiri, domburi), Chinese (lychee granita, chow mein, fried rice, steamed dumplings), Jewish (bagels, blintzes), Mexican (tamales, burritos, chilaquiles, tacos), Indian (chutney, raitas, curry), French (salade niçoise, fête de framboises, delice de pommard) or even...
authentic American (cheese steaks, buffalo wings, apple pie).
Noone can deny one of the greatest joys of our nation is the variety and availability of the largest range and styles of food in the world, since after all we have available to us nearly every food eaten anywhere on the planet. Americans take a unique joy in experimenting and trying new dishes. Where would we be without Irish pubs, French coffee houses, Italian restaurants, Chinese kitches, Japanese sushi bars, tropical night clubs, bagel shops and delis, German butchers and good old American diners. No doubt these things are being exported around the world now, but no place does it quite like the U.S.A.
Add to this the ability to now get nearly any of it delivered right to your door (depending where you live anyway), and you have access to nearly every culture on earth from your doorstep.
In this yumminess, we are truly blessed.
Though there are plenty of places I'd love to visit,
I'd want to live nowhere else.
