San Diego American Restaurants

Because this country has long attracted immigrants from a wide variety of nations and cultures, it is no surprise that the cuisine of the United States is extremely diverse.

California Cuisine has been put on the cooking map by emphasizing color, texture, and the freshest of ingredients arranged in imaginative combinations. California Cuisine is responsible for the now familiar dazzlingly attractive plates with small portions to be sure that combine colorful ingredients such as red and yellow bell peppers, edible flowers, and exotic fruits into dishes that are as much a feast for the eyes as for the palate. Papaya and asparagus with shrimp dip which combines two previously unacquainted main ingredients or a Cobb Salad with the ingredients arranged in a spiral pinwheel on the serving dish characterize this visually emphatic style.