2024 the best place to eat review

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What are the all-time best dishes America has to offer, the ones you must taste before they vanish, so delicious they deserve to be a Holy Grail for travelers? Where?s the most vibrant Key lime pie in Florida? The most sensational chiles rellenos in New Mexico? The most succulent fried clams on the Eastern Seaboard? The most memorable whoopie pies, gumbos, tacos, cheese steaks, crab feasts? In 500 Things to Eat Before It?s Too Late, "America?s leading authorities on the culinary delights to be found while driving" (Newsweek) return to their favorite subject with a colorful, bursting-at-the-seams life list of America?s must-eats.

Illustrated throughout with mouth-watering color photos and road maps, this indispensable guide is organized by region, then by state. Each entry captures the food in luscious detail and gives the lowdown on the café, roadside stand, or street cart where it?s served. When "bests" abound?hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, apple pie, doughnuts?the Sterns rank their offerings. Sidebars feature profiles of idiosyncratic creators, recipes, and local attractions.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Paperbacks; First Edition (June 4, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0547059078
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0547059075
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.98 x 7.75 inches
Reviewer: G. Hect
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Resource
Review: We just got back from a five week road trip out west and back. This book was a great resource during the trip. We would spend a couple of days in a town and look to see what the book suggested. It was an adventure and the book provided an eating diversion from the regular hit and miss. It never disappointed, food was as described and made for destinations to see that we would not normally venture to. Well worth the purchase.

Reviewer: wogan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: On the Food Road Again
Review: On the Road AgainOnce again Jane and Michael Stern have come up with a food guide, or rather a guide to places where you can get `real' food. Food that one just longs to eat -pies, ice cream, cake, ribs, just think of anything that you are warned is not health food... that is food to long for. Who wouldn't want to find the best, or the 500 things to eat before it's too late. Now whether that is too late for you or too late for these wonderful places to exist is a matter of conjecture.The book itself is arranged in a different manner than the Sterns' other food books and most other foodie guides. First there are colored `tabs' for the different regions of the US - New England, Mid Atlantic, South, Midwest, Southwest and Great Plains and West. So you can immediately find the section of the country you want. At the beginning of each chapter is a map with the names of featured towns. Then each state list is divided into foods, such as Crumb Cake, Stuffed Ham, French Fries with the town and page numbers. Once you get used to this style it is easy to find information. The size of the book is very portable. Less than 1 inch thick and approximately 5 x 8 inches. Pages are smooth and colorful with plenty of pictures both of food and the stores themselves.The back has two indexes; one to eateries, divided by state and city, handy if you are sitting somewhere looking for something other than golden arches and a general index which lists eateries, food, even a few recipes that are included.Phone numbers, addresses, web sites are included - always helpful information Of course there are the reviews and information, sometimes a history or other fascinating tidbits. Better than just plain information is the poetic love of great food. I was impressed with several regional specialties that you will not find elsewhere and the style with which they are written of. When they write of southern Maryland's little known stuffed ham, they write of a dish that exists no where but in an ancient spit of land where the air smells of the sea - how can you resist the hunt for something like that?My only complaint and frustration is the placement of National Best lists, which inexplicably are stuck in different places of the book and will for example list a food item from another region of the country -pizza in New England section, but Franks is in Illinois and then is not listed in the Illinois - Midwest section. That makes no sense. But it still isn't frustrating enough to give up on this as a guide, just surprising for what I expect from the SternsI have given these books as wedding presents, as going away presents and even to a friend from England who drove cross country - he now thinks America is the greatest country in the galaxy. How else could he or you for that matter find johnnycakes, shoofly pie, conch chowder, cinnamon buns, green corn tamales or huckleberry sweets. This book might be the utmost reason ever for a cross country trip. This is why I use these Road Food books as my traveling and local guides. This is my new guide that I can see will lead us to continued adventures, meeting the locals and going places that we might have by-passed on the super highways of life. Read this, follow some food adventures before it is too late

Reviewer: Ron R. Nath
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: just an update to an earlier edition
Review: i already had "road food" that i purchased three years ago. this is just an update. so if you have the earlier one, you're in pretty good shape. that's the reason behind four stars, rather than five.jan and michael do a good job and create interesting reviews. they clearly love their jobs. it's just that in this case, my earlier edition does the job quite nicely. if you don't have access to the earlier version, buy this one.

Reviewer: JOB
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Ok...leaves out plenty and some are already gone.
Review: This book concentrates heavily on certain areas of the country and certain foods. There are plenty of places I would have thought to include, that aren't. Some of the places I know....I would have skipped. Some of the establishments are already gone. Not as reliable as I expected from the Sterns. I'll keep it with the travel books for a reference, but am kind of disappointed. If you plan to visit any of the establishments, I'd call to make sure they still exist!

Reviewer: Texasleaguer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: These books are always fun
Review: Bought this after seeing it mentioned at a restaurant that is included in the book.I always check this book before traveling & make it a point to try whatever is mentioned.

Reviewer: Marge
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An interesting read. Sort of set up geographically by region.
Review: Very well written. Very passionate about food...but not exactly the food I am passionate about. Concentrated on regional sandwiches, doughnuts, breads, pizzas, and such. I am not a giant bread eater, so knowing the best chocolate doughnut in the land is not my thing. Does describe some out of the way and quirky bites.

Reviewer: Jane Does
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Tested & Reliable...Plan a diet afterwards
Review: Tested the book in Atlanta and Washington DC area this past July. All the recommendations were right on and mighty tasty (if not healthy). The philosophy here is "everything in moderation, including moderation". Can't wait to try their recommendations on my next trip. Must lose the 10 pounds I gained on their culinary tour first.

Reviewer: Windy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 500 Things to eat
Review: Well, the book contains some very interesting "things" to eat. I think that I enjoyed my original copy of "Road Food" more. I bought this to use in help planning a trip "out West". It is more difficult to use geographically than Road Food. Road Food is organized on a state by state basis and locations are shown on a map. This is organized by food item, and jumps around geographically. It also appears to be largely a re"hash" of Road Food places. It does emphasise the food rather than the place. For my purposes I'd probably be better served by the newest addition of Road Food. We have eaten at numerous places mentioned in Road Food and have had great experiences at them ALL!