“American” cuisine stacks up against anything the world has to offer. Jambalaya, clam chowder, gumbo, Texas BBQ, Tex-Mex enchiladas, soul food, west coast seafood, American beef steak, chili, green chile enchiladas, cornbread, cioppino….These are our foods and they are as good and as authentically ours as anything the old world has to offer.
Foreigners, especially from Europe, can’t conceptualize the size. I got married in the RGV and had a friend from Switzerland who came. He mentioned he was interested to see San Antonio. I explained I wouldn’t have time around the wedding but could help him plan for after if he wanted to stay and he said “can’t I just take a bicycle up there one day?”
Many Europeans appreciate our natural beauty more than we do. Europe has amazing scenery but we do not appreciate how much of our continent is still wild in a way that is gone on the old continent. Our National Parks are our American cathedrals and castles.