The New American Problem

Chefs are pushing the boundaries of what “American” cooking means, being more creative than ever. We need better language to describe their food.

To understand how far this once-niche American restaurant movement has spread, we asked writers and chefs to try defining it.

“Global flavors” is a free space, but you may want to check if they “do things a little differently.”

If ChatGPT were to create a restaurant, it would be called “Harvest & Hearth.” And it would serve food that “draws on inspiration from diverse culinary traditions.”