WITH BACKGROUNDS THAT SPAN THE GLOBE, CHEFS ARE BRINGING A WORLD OF FLAVOR TO MENUS ACROSS ALL FOODSERVICE SEGMENTS, DELIGHTING CUSTOMERS WITH NEW GLOBAL FOODS AND BEVERAGES
However American cuisine is defined, it’s evolutionary and always subject to change, vastly different now than even a decade ago. At the most basic level, national, regional, and local cuisines come about when the ingredients at hand are stirred up by home cooks and chefs alike, from all different cultural influences. The culinary prompts are many: their backgrounds, audiences and interests, travels and taste preferences, ingredients, creativity, and expertise. Calling on personal interpretation, tradition, and a wellspring of inspiration, an ethnically diverse group of chefs and restaurant owner/operators continue to stir the melting pot in unexpected ways, forever changing the definition of American cuisine.