(Diners, Drive-ins and Dives). Many of these celebrity chefs, such as David Chang, Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay began their careers in restaurants before branching out into television. The shows have a wide variety of formats, including cooking competitions, such as Iron Chef, documentaries, such as Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown, shows that take a look into restaurants, as Chef's Table does, and shows that teach cooking. The success of food television specifically in the United States has helped American Cuisine grow around the world. Regional cuisine chefs Regional chefs are emerging as localized celebrity chefs with growing broader appeal, such as Peter Merriman (Hawaii Regional Cuisine), Roy Choi (Korean American Cuisine), Jerry Traunfeld, Alan Wong (Pacific Rim cuisine), Rick Bayless (traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations), Norman Van Aken (New World Cuisine – fusion Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African and American), and Mark Miller (American Southwest cuisine). See also Cuisine of the Americas Indigenous cuisine of the Americas Native American cuisine Soul food Types American wine Regional Cuisine of California Cuisine of New York City Cuisine of the Southern United States Cuisine of Atlanta Cuisine of Houston Tex-Mex cuisine Ethnic American Chinese cuisine Mexican-American cuisine Italian-American cuisine Greek-American cuisine Puerto Rican cuisine Other High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Cuisine of Antebellum America List of American desserts List of American breads List of American foods List of American regional and fusion cuisines List of American breakfast foods Tlingit cuisine Cuisine of the Americas Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine of the Southern United States Culture of Guam#Cuisine American tea culture References Works cited . . . . Fried, Stephen. Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West (Bantam; 2010) . . . . . . . . Veit, Helen Zoe. Modern Food, Moral Food: Self-Control, Science, and the Rise of Modern American Eating in the Early Twentieth Century (2013) Further reading External links Cultural history of the United States North American cuisine