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A TASTE OF THE USA

We have America to thank for burgers, hot dogs, milkshakes, doughnuts and much more besides. Anything is possible in the USA – including when it comes to food (think deep-fried Oreos and turducken), and the country continues to set culinary trends. Americans are the masters of snack and convenience foods, but they also serve up anything from Southern soul cuisine to modern, inventive farm-to-table feasts.

The Menu

STARTER A favourite at state fairs and sports matches.

MAIN It could be nothing else but a burger.

DESSERT As American as … apple pie, of course.

Corndogs

This fun, funky snack became popular in the 1940s at state fairs, but it was German settlers in

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