"Simone Kerby" > wrote in message
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> AMERICAN FOOD vs EUROPEAN FOOD
>
> What are your thoughts on the difference in these 2
> styles of cuisine?

Way I see it, there are very few differences. North America (Canada and the
United States, anyway, not sure about Mexico) is pretty much a melting pot
of cultures from pretty much everywhere. In a 2.5 kilometre stretch of
Bloor St. (major east-west street in Toronto) near where I live there are 4
pubs, 3 Japanese restaurants with good sushi bars, 2 French restaurants (one
high end, the other more affordable), one very expensive Italian restaurant,
3 bistros, 1 Indian restaurant, 2 Chinese take-out places, 1 fish and chips
shop, a Spanish tapas restaurant, a Thai restaurant, a dessert place, 2
Greek restaurants, a mom-and-pop burger joint, a Swiss Chalet chicken and
rib restaurant and a plethora of coffee shops. And those are just the ones
I can remember off the top of my head. None of them, with the exception of
one of the pubs (a Firkin) are part of a chain, and all serve very, very
good food.. The nearest MacDonald's to where I live is a good 10 minute
drive away. In fact, based on my experience, having visited Baltimore, San
Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Calgary, Vancouver and Rolando, the same
sort of thing could be said for any major city in North America.

All the places I mentioned are generally busy, which seems to point to the
fact that people in my area tend to prefer good quality food when they go
out, rather than junk.