Knoxville steamed sandwiches are soft deli-style sandwiches heated in a steamer until the bread turns warm and squishy and the cheese melts into everything.

Steggs is Vegas shorthand for steak and eggs: a hearty plate of beef, eggs, potatoes, and toast served when breakfast and dinner stop caring what time it is.

Southern Maryland stuffed ham is a cured ham packed with spicy chopped greens, cabbage, onions, and seasonings, then wrapped and cooked until the flavors settle into every slice.

Stuffies are Rhode Island stuffed quahogs: chopped clams baked in their shells with breadcrumbs, herbs, peppers, onions, and often chouriço or linguiça.

Sugar Cream Pie is Indiana’s beloved Hoosier pie, made with cream, sugar, and a little thickener in a flaky crust. It is simple, silky, sweet, and proof that pantry desserts can still feel special.

Sugar on snow is hot maple syrup poured over clean snow, where it thickens into chewy maple taffy.

Tavern style pizza is Chicago’s thin, crispy, square-cut pizza, the one locals are just as likely, if not more likely, to order than deep dish. It is crunchy, shareable, and built for a pitcher of beer.

A creamy baked pasta dish typically made with spaghetti, poultry or seafood, mushrooms, and a rich cream or cheese sauce, all baked together until bubbly and lightly golden.

A Theta Burger is an Oklahoma City burger topped with hickory sauce, mayonnaise, dill pickles, and shredded cheddar cheese.

A signature Denver, Colorado, diner dish consisting of a breakfast burrito stuffed with hash browns and ground beef, smothered in cheese and chili.

Totchos are nachos made with crispy tater tots instead of tortilla chips, then loaded with cheese, sour cream, salsa, jalapeños, onions, and whatever else the bar kitchen is feeling.

Turtle soup is a dark, rich New Orleans soup made with turtle meat, vegetables, spices, tomato, stock, and often a splash of sherry.

Vermont corn chowder is a creamy New England-style soup made with sweet corn, potatoes, onions, milk or cream, and often bacon or salt pork.

Virginia peanut soup is a creamy soup made with peanuts or peanut butter, broth, onions, celery, and cream.

West Texas style BBQ is cowboy-style barbecue cooked over direct heat, often with mesquite wood and a charred, open-fire flavor.

White hots are pale Rochester-style hot dogs made with pork, beef, and veal, usually unsmoked and served on a bun with mustard, onions, or meat hot sauce.

Maryland white potato pie is a sweet custard pie made with mashed white potatoes, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and citrus.

A Maine whoopie pie is two soft chocolate cake rounds sandwiched around a sweet, fluffy cream filling.

Wilted lettuce is tender garden lettuce dressed with hot bacon drippings, vinegar, sugar, and crisp bacon. It is part salad, part side dish, and part Appalachian magic trick.