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Our Love Affair with American Food
Houghton Mifflin
May 2006
304 pages
ISBN: 0618329633
Hardcover
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Cookbooks | Non-Fiction
Over the last three decades, Jane and Michael Stern have
logged more than three million miles on America's two-lane
highways, eating some 72,427 mealsand countingoften at the
rate of twelve a day. Roadfood, their best-selling guide to
the quirky eateries that lie beyond the blur of
McSomethings, has become a glove-box bible for chain-weary
travelers who want authentic barbecue or homemade pie. In
this laugh-out-loud culinary memoir, the Sterns tell the
story behind their lifelong road trip. Two for the Road
offers a front-seat view of smoke pits with velvet-soft
pulled pork on the tables, boardinghouse- style restaurants
whose lazy Susans are filled with fried chicken, yeast
rolls, turnip greens, and coconut custard pie, and cafs
where customized mugs for regulars hang on pegboards. Along
the way, the Sterns meet unforgettable characters, endure
meals from the Hall of Infamy, and gradually formulate their
own rules of the road. When you want to find a great
restaurant, forget the yellow pages and the concierge: ask
the local cop or barber. Run like hell from anything called
"World Famous." Sure bets: the place with a giant plastic
animal on the roof or pictures of Jesus on the walls. Each
chapter ends with the Stern's best recipe finds, from white
clam pizza to Elvis's favorite pound cake.
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