I don't think anyone from the UK should be bad mouthing American food. The British have apparently never seen a single recipe book because their food is generally awful.
Now, now, that is not entirely true. My mom is a Brit and there is nothing like a good Shephard's Pie(with ground beef, no surprise kidney or liver please! LOL), Scotch Eggs, Trifle, and my mother makes the best pot roast--she can throw it in an oven with a few spices and not much else and the thing is awesome. My mom is a hell of a baker too--makes great cookies and cakes. The brits can get it right;-)
I've found much of the Brits food though to be comfort food like ours with, yes, a little more bland palate.