From starters to desserts, here are CNN Travel’s 20 selections for the greatest American food dishes.

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From starters to desserts, here are CNN Travel’s 20 selections for the greatest American food dishes.

American food: The 20 greatest dishes LauriPatterson/E+/Getty Images via CNN Newsource A Reuben sandwich is pictured.

Like many vaunted American dishes, poke (pronounced poh-kay) is an amalgamation of multiple influences. Japanese and Chinese immigrants added the use of shoyu (a type of soy sauce) and sesame oil.