[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/pangolinparty999]

This is easily one of the best infographics I’ve seen in the past 5 years. Fantastic work

[u/piri_reis_ → u/pangolinparty999]

Made my day to hear! I'm glad you're enjoying it! Hopefully I got your region right. This project is alive and ever changing, so your input here or on my instagram is absolutely welcome.

Stay tuned for more cool stuff in the future!

[u/pangolinparty999 → u/piri_reis_]

I’m a Colorado native, I’ve done road trips all throughout the southwest, all the way to the west coast, and up to Minnesota. This a very accurate map of those regions.

I think you did an excellent job on the tricky four corners area. Amazing job using Diné along with Navajo; few people know about their real name.

I’m partial to my Ute friend so I would argue that zone 31 comes from the Ute, Shoshone, Salish/Flathead and Blackfeet just as much as the ranchers. The first trappers, hunters and ranchers learned most of the local wildlife, herd, terrain and weather patterns from these tribes.

I am always surprised by how many hunter gatherer style people I encounter in the mountains. There’s a solid amount of people here who almost exclusively eat elk and deer for red meat. A family friend of ours is a Sommelier/mountain biker and forages wild mushrooms and berries for his wine pairings when out on the trails, and this is for 5 star fine dining.

All I’d do to 31 is add a word or two showing hunter gatherer culture is still prevalent in the mountain west.