
New England cuisine is an
American cuisine which originated in the
New England region of the United States, and traces its roots to traditional
English cuisine and
Native American cuisine of the
Abenaki,
Narragansett,
Niantic,
Wabanaki,
Wampanoag, and other native peoples. It also includes influences from
Irish,
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
Italian, and
Portuguese cuisine, among others. It is characterized by extensive use of
potatoes,
bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...
s,
dairy product
Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe. Dairy products include common grocery store food items in th ...
s and
seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
, resulting from its historical reliance on its seaports and
fishing industry.