I love cooking. Do you like to cook?
I do like to cook, but prefer great restaurants like Chez Panisse.
Oh I have never heard of that place.
It is located in Berkeley, CA and originated the "California cuisine" term.
Oh thats cool.
The cuisine uses locally fresh ingredients and creates fusion dishes.
Thats cool. I would rather cook for myself because then I know every ingredient used.
I agree.  Early colonists introduced a lot of ingredients that Native Americans had never heard of.
I didn't know that. I guess there are a lot of different influences on modern cooking style.
continent. The various styles of cuisine continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many different nations; this influx nurtured a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.
When the colonists came to the colonies, they farmed animals for clothing and meat in a similar fashion to what they had done in Europe. They had cuisine similar to their previous Dutch, Swedish, French and British cuisines. The American colonial diet varied depending on the region settled. Commonly hunted game included
Alice Waters
Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur, activist and author. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its organic, locally grown ingredients and for pioneering California cuisine, which she opened in 1971.
Waters has written the books "Chez Panisse Cooking" (with Paul Bertolli), "The Art of Simple Food I and II," and "40 Years of Chez Panisse." Her memoir, "Coming to