Principal influences on American cuisine are Native American, British, French, German, Spanish, and Italian cuisines. Whilst some of American cuisine is fusion cuisine, many regions in America have a specific regional cuisine. Each are deeply rooted in ethnic heritages, for example Cajun, Louisiana Creole, Native American, New England Algonquian, New Mexican, Pennsylvania Dutch, Soul food, Texan/Tex-Mex, Southern, and Tlingit.