Modified or not.All food in the world falls under "American Cuisine."One has to remember that most of the food we think of as "Italian" is actually Italian American and thus falls under American Cuisine as well.
Only when it gets modified in some way.
Not so. American cuisines are taken from the "mother" country and were modified .....
American creativity changes things over time, but just as we are a country composed of peoples from all over the world, our cuisine is the cuisine from all over the world.
We do have that advantage. I like Lowcountry soul food, but I also love Northern Italian, French and some Mexican. We're blessed.