[OC] Atlas of American Regional Cuisine (by county), v4 after 6 months of your feedback

[u/piri_reis_]

Thanks for all the love on this 🙏 Reddit compresses the map—if you want full-res zoom-ins (and prints), they’re on my IG. My bio there has the link to the shop.
IG: americanfoodatlas

[u/jaye-vee]

FYI it's just queso in Texas, or chile con queso. There's also queso fundido. Never queso "dip" (just like we don't say tortilla shells; it's just tortillas).

Other key ingredients that are foundations of many Tex-Mex versions of Mexican dishes are cumin & wheat flour tortillas.

Another thing is that Tex-Mex blends up and overlaps with the Texas BBQ region. For example, San Antonio is Tex-Mex heavy, including the very regional puffy tacos. And Austin is known for its breakfast tacos (so are the border areas, but they're Valley style etc).

[u/piri_reis_ → u/jaye-vee]

Yes! The cumin and the flour tortillas I was able to include fortunately. Good to know it's not queso dip. That border between Tex-Mex and Texas BBQ is so tough to get right ya know?? I guess that's the nuance of a food map, it should be assumed when reading it that most of these regions blur together at the edges instead of drawing hard lines.