500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them

500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them

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  • Paperback
  • Author: Jane Stern, Michael Stern
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release Date: June 2009
  • ISBN-10: B002SB8MOA
  • ISBN-13: B002SB8MOA
  • List Price: $19.95

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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.

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Customer Reviews

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Great Resource

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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.

An outstanding acquisition that stands apart from your usual travel guide

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Any traveler in America who wants to sample cheap eats and local specialties will find 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late the perfect take-along tote. It covers everything from beachside stands and Texas barbecue to regional dishes that don't get much publicity outside their hometowns. Maps, color sidebars of information, unique places to shop - and recipes - make this an outstanding acquisition that stands apart from your usual travel guide.

As good a read as it is a guide

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While the Sterns's Roadfood guide has long been a reliable guide to local eateries, they've this time produced a book that is an equally fascinating (and educational) read. While Roadfood was a state by state and restaurant by restaurant guide, 500 Things to Eat takes a cuisine by cuisine approach. This enables readers to learn the regional differences found in, say, chili and barbeque, or where to seek out local foods such as Virginia ham or green chile tomales. While some excellent and unique places have been left out, the authors' inclusions are almost always dead accurate in selection and information. I would rank the book five stars except for one flaw: while the indexes in the back are usually accurate, the state by state indexes at the beginning of each chapter get quite a few page numbers wrong.

Ok, coulda been better

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The restaurant recommendations are pretty good, I don't think the book is organized very well though. Locations are sorted via region, but the regions are fairly wide ranging so there are not really a lot of options if you are looking for a more specific area.

Tested & Reliable...Plan a diet afterwards

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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.