The Midwest region of the U.S has many cultural influences in its cooking. Over the years, people including Germans, British, Italian, Hungarians, and Scandinavians immigrated to the Midwestern..Here on Flavor Living Radio we brought in a expert from Chicago Illinois...Catherine Lambrecht she's the Vice President of the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance.

Words from there site.. " From the Appalachians to the Ohio River Valley the Great Lakes to the Great Plains and Prairies"