California Travel Guide

California — Food and Dining

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Cuisine

California has always been a social melting pot, and this is reflected in its modern, cosmopolitan cuisine with an endless variety of ethnic influences.

Regional specialties:
• Steak.
• Seafood.
• Clam chowder and sourdough bread.
• California wines.
• Godiva chocolate.

Nightlife

There are few places in the world that can rival California's nightlife. Los Angeles is home to an array of illustrious clubs with rich and famous patrons. San Francisco, with its young, lively population, is known around the world as a great party town.