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Great U.S. Roadside Food
WHERE TO PICNIC IN AMERICA ALAN EASTEP has been picnicking his way across the U.S. for some summers now, taking a different route each year. He has “researched over 291 places to picnic and things to do in over 40 USA cities with photos, maps and more.” http://www.alanskitchen.com/PICNICKING/default.html VACATIONING ON THE BARBECUE CIRCUIT Are you a barbecue fan? I think it's America's greatest contribution to world cuisine. (Let's not count Coca-Cola, okay? And PLEASE don't count the McDonald's hamburgers we've sent around the world. Many years ago, when McDonald's first advertised how many millions they'd sold, I bought one for 19 cents, which tells you how long ago I bought it. I thought that an ambrosial experience must have sent millions their way, but I merely got a pathetic patty: 19 cents worth of food. If that. As a result that was my last McDonald's hamburger, though they don't seem to have missed me any. My grandmother made the best hamburgers I've ever eaten, but then she raised her own beef.) If you like good barbecue, perhaps your family would enjoy hitting a barbecue contest on your vacation this year. Here's a site that lists several, along with good recipes: http://www.bbq-porch.org/qlinks2.htm I'm told that "the Jack Daniels" is the top barbecue contest, though it's not until October. Read all about it, and get prize-winning recipes, at: http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/jackd_bbq.asp And then there’s the Calvin Trillin system. Trillin is a food writer who during the eighties campaigned against Mid-American restaurants called something like, “La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisine.” When someone wanted him to go to one, he’d ask, “When your family goes out to eat, where do you go?” It was generally to a barbecue place. Trillin loved barbecue . . . but what would you expect of a man who said, “The best restaurants in the world are, of course, in Kansas City. Not all of them. Only the top four or five.” I tried the Trillin system in New Orleans (before Katrina), and wound up in a great place with linoleum floors and baby highchairs. And a waitress who called me “honey” and showed me how to pick apart about a bushel of crawfish. A lovely meal. And if you want to visit Trillin’s favorite barbecue restaurants in Kansas City, visit the site of the KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE SOCIETY, which agrees with Trillin and gives leads to more barbecue competitions: http://www.kcbs.us/default.php FAT FOOD, FAST FOOD And then comes the moment when you’re ravenous and have a choice between Arby’s and Burger King. Here’s how to wangle the healthy stuff out of fast-food restaurants: http://www.ehow.com/how_108891_buy-healthy-fast.html And if want to take with you a guide to fast-food fat and calories, go to CHOWBABY to purchase one for $8.95.
https://www.chowbaby.com/cbstore/ SLOW FOOD Yes, there’s a real SLOW FOOD organization, and, yes, they’re serious. In 1986 the founder, Carlo Petrini, recognized that the industrialization of food was leading to the destruction of thousands of food varieties and flavors. Ones that, once they’re gone, can’t be retrieved. SLOW FOOD is taking the lead to save food after food of our world heritage! For SLOW FOOD, USA, go to: For SLOW FOOD, INTERNATIONAL, go to: And for slow food guides that tell gourmet travelers where they can find delicacies at their destinations, go to:
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