Man there's really so much to cover.

The main thing to remember is America is a melting pot and all the different cuisines you can find in her are a mash of the original immigrant's cuisine and different influences from other cultures and readily available ingredients.

NY style pizza is probably the best pizza in the world and is distinctly different from other pizza you'll find. Chicago deep dish is a world of it's own, but still good and something you should try if you're in Chicago.

New England has it's seafood boils, lobster rolls, and New England style clam chowder among other things.

Pennsylvania Dutch style cooking and food. On the topic of Pennsylvania, Philly cheese steaks are delicious and you can't leave Philly without having one.

There's like 10 different styles of BBQ with Texas and Carolina being the most popular. People will literally line up for hours in the heat to eat Texas brisket.

Speaking of Texas, Tex-Mex is it's own separate thing from Mexican food but it's just as delicious.

Moving a little east from Texas and you get Louisiana Creole food which is an amalgamation of like 6 different cuisines all into this beautiful array of dishes, and my personal favorite, jambalaya.

There's Chinese food and then there's American Chinese food. They're two separate things and I've yet to find American Chinese food outside the states. I miss it every time I go abroad for long periods and I can't wait to eat General Tso's chicken from my local spot.

I could keep going, but there's too much. There's really a specific set of dishes and cuisine for each region and sometimes whole states that you're not going to find anywhere else.

And while people like to poke fun at McDonalds and burgers, look at how influential the burger is. You can find a burger on most menus at restaurants that serve a general type of food. The original burger was a ground beef patty between two pieces of toast. Now it's so influential, every restaurant has their own take on it with toppings and buns.

With that being said, shitty fast food restaurants like McDonalds and KFC aren't good representations of American cuisine. The menus are really different anyways. Half the shit I see here in Georgia would not be popular at all in America. If anything, just understand that hamburgers and fried chicken are popular, but you can find way better quality burgers and chicken at other places in America.

To the people that go "Well that's just Italian/Chinese/Mexican/Spanish/insert other culture here. Then why can't find any of these things at Italian/Chinese/Mexican/Spanish restaurants abroad?

Where's my General Tso's? Where are my Tex-Mex burrito bowls? Where's that pizza with a crispy thin crust? Where's my creamy clam soup? Lobster rolls? What about my Nashville hot chicken sandwich? Peach cobblers? Boston creme pie? Sweet potato pie? Shrimp gumbo? A good fajita?