Same food, different country

Living in L.A. has opened my taste buds to a lot of different types of food. What I found very surprising is that food can be very similar even though they originate from different countries. I also learned about how food can vary by regions within one country. For example, dumplings can be found all over China. However, depending on the province, the size, dough and filling in the dumplings and how they are cooked are very different. Noodles is another example. Italy, Korea, Japan and China all have different ways of making and cooking them. Shepherd's pie, apple pie, cheese pie, meat pie....the list are endless...and I plan on eating all of them!!!