watch Alton Brown’s last Mississippi bike tour and found it lacking when compared to his first tour. But I’d rank it only second to DDDs. And if GF wants to dress funny and wear tattoos and earrings, I just ignore...

the place to ourselves, practically, and we lounged all afternoon. They even put on the Twin’s game for us. And, the rain keeps you nice and cool on the long bike ride over. Plus, drizzly and overcast approximates the...

We’re from Oregon, and making our first tour of New England (part of a Peace Corps reunion group). We’ve been looking over the board for suggestions and it seems much of the information on places we are going is...

You just had to ask, didn’t you? This is the kind of stuff that makes me fat just thinking about it! I’ll break 'em into categories: EXOTICS: I am the reason Dungeness crab and abalone are on the protected list in...

> Castoro Vineyards. They have local art shows and label contests there, too. Or, maybe a food tour on a tandem bike through France? Find the best cafes, vineyards, floral gardens, country inns, recipes, and cooking classes.

that combine to make the finest cup of espresso in Los Angeles. (My girlfriend swears by their cafe con leche.) Can’t get anything else fancy and coffee related there, the atmosphere is stark and plain. The roast pork is...

against nature. Or worse yet, that “Mexican” up here meant a limp California perversion consisting of humongous, tasteless burrito “wraps”—I shudder even to mention that word! Before we threw in the...

Wow! I would never have gone to the old Bowl on a Sunday), but I went to BB West today and found parking right away. I just needed a couple of limes and was with my six-year-old so it was a whirlwind tour. It looks fabulous with,...

I’ve been tracking this thread with a lot of interest, since my wife, who hung out at Tommy’s in her USC days, is always urging me to try the chiliburger there...and I have long suspected that her fond memories have...

Thanks for the extra recs! Decor is unimportant. I love good tequilas and outdoor patios. I also really like Turkish food (the one place on the Med I never get to!). I’ll track down Thai Charm. I saw cafe con leche from...

10% are farmers. It’s Alberta not California. And farmers don’t typically know how to be or want to be retailers espcially year round. Lunds and Innisfail have little to offer most of the year.. All the big produce...

try the pasta con cacio e pepe, served everywhere. It is three ingredients: pasta (and a little of its water), pecorino cheese, and black pepper. Mysterious how they get the cheese to emulsify without butter or oil and not clump....

cut, shot, suffocated. You should really know this before your next grilled chicken caesar salad. In one of my classes, I was assigned to read a profile of a certain famous chef in California. While still a rising talent and a...

While not California cuisine but American: Philly cheese steak, key lime pie, arroz con pollo, BBQ ribs, chili and local produce.

://www.roadfooddigest.com/post/2009/05/14/Rhode-Island-Hot-Weiner-TourPrologue.aspx When I first read “HOT WIENERS,” I was thinking you meant Johnny Red Hots-I haven’t had one in at least a decade. They used to...