# CNN list of top 20 greatest American foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803 "2024-09-27T18:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803/35 "2024-09-28T17:45:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > We have to accept that articles like this are simply clickbait. A title like “20 Best Regional American Foods” would be more accurate but not gain as many clicks. See a similar thread to this one about “Most iconic food for each state” with the exact same sort of clickbait and fail. > [@Most iconic food from each state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151): > > Food Network posted a list of the most iconic food of each state. How do you feel about what they picked for your state? Remember the criteria is “iconic” not best. For New Jersey they didn’t pick bad but it’s not what I would have picked. They picked disco fries. I would have picked a pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich. [https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/packages/best-food-in-america/photos/most-iconic-food-united-states](https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/packages/best-food-in-america/photos/most-iconic-food-united-states) Although it was a Food Network rather than CNN piece of faux advertising, and the thread is only 4ish months old, and made multiple, egregious failures that seemed directly related to advertising certain foods or locations… hmmmm? Ughhh. A curse upon all such things. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803)._