A specialty of Native Alaskans, akutaq is sometimes called Alaskan ice cream. It's a dessert made with fresh local berries, sweetener, and animal fat, and sometimes dried fish or meat
It's crisp, served open faced, and cut into wedges, so it's more like a simple pizza than a quesadilla. But who wouldn't love a crunchy, cheesy tortilla? Find it in restaurants around Tucson.
Instead, it's a pie made with a pecan shortbread crust, a cream cheese-based layer, a chocolate pudding layer, and a crown of whipped cream.
The Hangtown fry was created when a prospector struck it rich in the goldrush, then went into a hotel and wanted the most expensive dish they could make.
A cheeseburger is placed in a bowl and covered with onions, more cheese, and a ladle or two of hot Colorado green chili full of roasted peppers.
One of the most popular types is white clam pie, topped with garlic, shucked clams, pungent aged cheese, and bacon. Any New Haven pizza joint worth its salt will have a version on its menu.
They taste a little like clams, and in Florida they're most often made into conch fritters — similar to a hush puppy, but with a seafood pop.
Only fresh, green peanuts are used, boiled in big vats of water with plenty of salt and sometimes other seasonings.