A West Virginia slaw dog is a hot dog topped with chili, mustard, onions, and creamy sweet coleslaw.

Kansas sliders are small, oniony griddle burgers served by the sack, not the single. They are soft, steamy, simple, and born from the early days of America’s fast-food burger obsession.

A New Jersey Sloppy Joe is not ground beef in tomato sauce, it is a triple-decker deli sandwich with cold cuts, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, and Russian dressing on rye.

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A Slug Burger is a crispy Mississippi sandwich made from a beef patty stretched with filler, fried until golden, and served with mustard, pickles, and onions.

Smith Island Cake is Maryland’s official state dessert: a tall stack of thin cake layers with fudgy frosting between every layer.

South Carolina smoked fresh ham is an uncured pork hindquarter seasoned and smoked low and slow until smoky, lean, and sliceable.

A type of soft, chewy cookie, typically made with butter, sugar, and flour, and rolled in cinnamon-sugar before baking, resulting in a cracked, crunchy surface.

A Philadelphia soft pretzel is dense, chewy, salty, and shaped more like a stretched figure-eight than a big Bavarian loop.

Sonker is a Surry County dessert made with fruit and dough, something like a deep-dish cobbler but with its own North Carolina personality.

A type of bread made using a natural fermentation process instead of commercial yeast.

South Texas style BBQ is where Texas barbecue meets Mexican and Tejano traditions, especially barbacoa made from beef head, cheek, or tongue cooked until meltingly tender.

A savory, comfort food casserole, often described as a cross between lasagna and baked spaghetti. 

Spam Musubi is a slice of grilled Spam pressed over rice and wrapped with nori. It is salty, portable, satisfying, and one of Hawaii’s greatest grab-and-go snacks.

Spiedies are cubes of marinated meat grilled on skewers and tucked into soft Italian bread.

Springfield Style Cashew Chicken is fried chicken pieces covered in savory brown oyster-sauce gravy and topped with cashews and green onions.

St. Louis Style Pizza is a thin, cracker-crisp pizza topped with sweet tomato sauce and gooey Provel cheese, then cut into squares.

Kentucky Stack Cake is an Appalachian dessert made from thin spice cake layers stacked with apple filling.

Steak de Burgo is a Des Moines steakhouse classic: tender steak topped with garlic, herbs, butter, and sometimes cream or wine.

A regional delicacy, primarily found in the Meriden area, where ground beef and cheddar cheese are cooked separately in a specialized steaming cabinet. 

Maryland steamed crabs are blue crabs steamed with seasoning, dumped onto a paper-covered table, and picked by hand.