America may not be good at inventing food, but we’re FANTASTIC at taking food that already exists and making it better.
Thrillist put together a list of the most important FOOD INNOVATION from each state. And they did a pretty good job, because a lot of these are going to be pretty hard to argue. Well, except for North Dakota . . . they’ll argue. Here are some highlights.
Alabama’s White Barbecue Sauce!
Colorado’s most important innovation was Chipotle . . . the restaurant chain, not the spice. They also say Georgia’s most important innovation was Waffle House . . . Massachusetts’s is Dunkin’ Donuts . . . and Washington’s is Starbucks.
Iowa’s is sliced bread. Yep, Iowa literally invented sliced bread. It was invented and patented in Davenport, Iowa.
Louisiana’s is hot sauce…