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Roadfood Paperback – January 1, 1992

by Jane Stern (Author), Michael Stern (Author), Michael Stern rn (Author)
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Arranged by state, this guide lists information on over 500 of the best down-home restaurants in the United States
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    512 pages
  2. Language
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    Perennial
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    January 1, 1992
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    6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0060965991
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    978-0060965990
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The talented Sterns ( American Gourmet ) hit the highways again for this update of perhaps their most celebrated work. And again, American backroads and interstates come to life through livelier, more active? the authors' almost Grail-like quest for the kind of home-cooked food and restaurants that threaten to fade into oblivion, overshadowed by the homogeneous glare of the chain eatery. Roadfood celebrates venues most travelers would never venture near, let alone enter--like Lusco's in Greenwood, Miss. ("one of the weirdest, and most wonderful, restaurants in America"242 ), where green walls and grimy, chintz-curtained rooms belie the excellence of the "luxurious-tasting"243 (albeit expensive) food. Most of the state-by-state listed restaurants are, however, for dining on the cheap. They include Manny's Coffee Shop in Chicago ("a temple of honest food"129 ), the Smokestack Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, Mo.--where a "serious chaw of meat,"261 according to the Sterns, is "nothing less than the essence of the smoke pit, like barbecue bouillon"--and Duke's Barbecue in Orangeburg, S.C., where "there is no decor to speak of and . . . no music other than the thud of the cleaver hacking pork and the moans of pleasure, slurping, and licking that are a symphonic expression of people enjoying one of the great meals of the Southland."398 While one could hardly map a road trip by the Sterns' restaurant finds--some cities, like Chicago, are overrepresented, while the rest of Illinois is all but ignored--this fun and fanciful volume is pure pleasure.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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The all-new updated and expanded edition of the classic guide to America's best diners, small-town cafes, BBQ joints, and other very special eateries serving great, inexpensive regional food.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Perennial; Revised edition (January 1, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060965991
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060965990
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
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    Jane and Michael Stern drive around America looking for good food and exploring popular culture. Their collaboration has yielded over forty books, including the restaurant guide Roadfood, the cookbook Square Meals, the memoir Two for the Road and, most recently, 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late. In addition, they have written the pop-culture best-sellers Elvis World and The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste, and Michael Stern's Douglas Sirk. In 2006, Jane Stern's memoir, Ambulance Girl, was made into a Lifetime TV movie directed by and starring Kathy Bates. The Sterns write a monthly column about their discoveries in Gourmet magazine, contribute weekly to Public Radio's "The Splendid Table," and host the interactive website, Roadfood.com.

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ChrisG
4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great idea but don't tell your doctor!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2004
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My wife and I do a lot of cross country motorcycling and this is a great book for anyone that likes the tastes of roadside America. We have tried several places in the book, from greasy spoons to ice cream and the book was always dead on with its reviews. If you are a fast food chain lover this is not a book for you. If you want down home, local fun stops then this is it. The only reason why I didn't give the book 5 stars is that the book's web site is more up to date and has more content than the book itself. Thus we tend to use the web site more often. See you on the highways and byways!
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Dom Miliano
5.0 out of 5 stars Roadfood - Don't Leave Home Without It
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2002
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I have traveled with the Sterns for many years (virtually!) I have most of their previous books on regional food and their pages are ketchup, mustard and butter stained with notes scribbled in the margins. When I heard that they wrote another new and updated version, I ordered one just in time for this summer's 1000 mile New England odyssey, make that vacation. Every recommendation was right on - priced right and exactly as described. This is important to note because I know in their "Eat Your Way Across The USA" release of a few years ago there were many out of date references. (We were disappointed last year in Wisconsin as our search for a Bratwurst joint ended at a boarded up and abandonded store front.) Happily, this one seems to be more current and we have yet to find a dead reference. If you love to eat and love to travel, this is the book for you.
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eimac
2.0 out of 5 stars Be aware of publication date
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021
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I made the mistake of not looking at the dates of the reviews and the publication date. The information is useless today in 2021. Order only if you want nostalgia, but not for using as a restaurant guide.
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Frank
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014
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good book
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Richard Goldstein
5.0 out of 5 stars Travel the USA eating
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
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Can’t travel the USA without this book. Great places to eat you would not find in your own
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Tom Hinkle
3.0 out of 5 stars Latest edition falls short of the previous editions
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2002
I've read the Sterns' Roadfood/Goodfood series for years, not quite from the beginning, but almost. I have always regarded this series as more than a guide to great regional restaurants, but as an educational tool to the many differing regional cuisines in the United States. This latest volume in the series is as entertaining and mouthwatering as the previous editions, but seems to be lacking in some areas. Half the reviews are about places previously unreviewed and half are updates on old familiar favorites. It's understandable that many eating places listed in earlier versions of the book have possibly declined in quality or even closed, but certain genres of regional specialties have disappeared completely. Where are the best hot wings in Buffalo, the best deep-dish pizza in Chicago, or the best seafood places in Washington State? You wouldn't know if you just had this current version of "Roadfood". In my own state of Oklahoma, all the barbecue joints have disappeared, or at least that what you'd think by this book. Apparently all we like around here is hamburgers. Oh well, I'm sure they'll have a new printing in about five or ten years, so maybe some of these omissions will be corrected.
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Jane Warner
1.0 out of 5 stars "Roadfood" outdated.
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2009
First, I didn't realize that the copyright of "Roadfood" was 2002: my bad. A book of this type becomes outdated very rapidly, and I could find few reliable recommendations in this book.. In preparing for an upcoming trip, I checked the Roadfood website against the listings in the book. Over and over again, readers posted comments about restaurants that were highly recommended in the book: "closed three years ago", "lousy food", "terrible service", "this place has gone downhill," "Ill never eat there again"...etc. From now on, I will look to websites, rather than books, for on-the-road food recommendations.
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A Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun exploration
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2014
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A fun guide book to take on cross country trips.
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