The main article for this category is Cuisine of the Southwestern United States.

This category covers cuisine of the Southwestern United States, which is food styled after the rustic cooking of the Southwestern United States. It comprises a fusion of recipes for things that might have been eaten by Spanish colonial settlers, cowboys, Native Americans, and Mexicans throughout the post-Columbian era; there is, however, a great diversity in this kind of cuisine throughout the Southwestern states.

Recently, several chains of casual dining restaurants specializing in Southwestern cuisine have become popular in the United States.