The authors of the incomparable Encyclopedia of Bad Taste present an updated edition of the classic guide to America's best diners, small-town cafes, BBQ joints, and other eateries serving great, inexpensive regional foods.
In this laugh-out-loud culinary memoir, the Sterns tell the story behind their lifelong road trip, offering 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 cafes where customized mugs ...
The warmhearted, intimate story of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. From Roy's success with the Sons of the Pioneers to the couple's meeting, marriage, and rise to superstardom, "Happy Trails" decribes Roy's and Dale's professional trials and triumphs, and tells movingly of their personal tragedies, including the deaths of three of their children. 32 ...
There are no greater experts on regional American dining than Jane and Michael Stern. "The Durgin-Park Cookbook" features recipes for classic Yankee dishes from the Boston area.
Voted the best small-town restaurant in the South by readers of "Southern Living" magazine, The Blue Willow Inn now has its best recipes revealed in this collection.
Jane and Michael Stern return in their umpteenth book about roadside eating in the US. Here, they visit the Dutch Kitchen in Frackville, where the Morgans provide hearty food that's typical of the area: Pennsylvania Dutch (originally, "Deutsch," or German). Recipes include Shepherd's Pie, Applesauce, Chow-Chow, and Shoofly Pie.
The next best thing to experiencing the islands themselves, this cookbook contains irresistible recipes from Louie's Backyard, one of the most popular restaurants in Key West, Florida.
With wit and affection, nationally renowned pop culture experts Jane and Michael Stern comprehensively document the social history of American gourmet dining from 1946 to 1971, including and magazines. The Sterns' latest book is Jane and Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture. Illustrated.
Consistently named one of the top restaurants in Chicago, this cookbook is like visiting the city and the eatery, with 150 recipes that include potent pasta, holy-cow steaks, and chicken fit for the Chairman of the Board. Photos.
While Italian restaurants are popular throughout the United States, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut make up the part of the country most associated with the great ones. And one of the best is Carbone's in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded sixty-five years ago, Carbone's is Hartford's oldest and best-reviewed restaurant. The founder, Charlie ...
An amazing gastronomic journey across America's heartland, this guide stops at the coziest, friendliest, and busiest diners, cafes and roadside stands in the country. Includes recipes and 75 photos.
The exquisite menu at The Old Post Office Restaurant on Edisto Island, SC, has garnered this one-of-a-kind establishment legions of fans from around the country. It has been written up in the "New York Times, Travel and Leisure, USA Today, Wine Spectator "and" Gourmet." This exciting new cookbook is part of the Roadfood Cookbook Series by Jane ...
The colorful history of Tucson's famous El Charro Caf, and the 150 recipes for vibrant Mexican food, make this cookbook as unique and entertaining as the 80-year-old restaurant itself.
Jane Stern, who with her husband Michael has produced numerous books about American food, writes about her longtime struggle with depression, and the way her work as a volunteer emergency medical technician brought her out of it. Candidly detailing her experiences with the desperately ill (and sometimes with corpses) and with the pressures of the ...
Located at the northern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway, the Loveless Cafe remains unchanged in the quaint country charm and good cooking that has made it a landmark in the South since its doors opened nearly 50 years ago. Nationally acclaimed and frequented by celebrities, world travelers and local appetites alike, the Loveless Cafe serves ...
"The Cottage exudes the upmarket serenity of old LaJolla. Sunlight streaming in teh windows makes pale yellows glow; mellow jazz recordings waft through the dining room and into the palm-shaded patio; pretty waitresses in short shorts carry fruit-garnished dinners of salubrious California food," says author Michael Stern. Southern California ...
Today's top arbiters of the truly tacky, Jane and Michael Stern, have createda "style" book devoted to the world's favorite faux pax: white lipstick, tunacasserole, accordian music, ant farms, Liberace, lava lamps, Charo, and more.300 black-and-white, 50 full-color photos.
Mixing elegance with an island attitude, Louie's Backyard is an award-winning Key West, Florida restaurant famous for its fine food and relaxed oceanfront ambience. Lunch regulars say the Conch Fritters are the best in Key West, and dinner regulars praise the Conch Chowder. Everything is homemade in the restaurant, from the tangy Balsamic ...
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 list of America's must-eats. Full-color photos throughout.
In this eating tour of America, two gurus of the road hunt down nearly 100 examples of supreme sandwiches and show how to recreate them in the kitchen.
In 1947, single mother Mildred Rowe helped start a small restaurant in the foothills of Appalachia. Today, that restaurant serves half a million locals and visitors a year, making it the most popular reason to stop over in Staunton, Virginia. "Mrs . Rowe's Family and Restaurant Cookbook" tells the story of this Shenandoah Valley institution and ...
First published in 1977, the original Roadfood became an instant classic. James Beard said, "This is a book that you should carry with you, no matter where you are going in these United States. It's a treasure house of information." Now this indispensable guide is back, in an even bigger and better edition, covering 500 of the ...
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