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

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? Wheres 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 Its Too Late, Americas 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 Americas 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 caf, roadside stand, or street cart where its served. When bests aboundhot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, apple pie, doughnutsthe Sterns rank their offerings. Sidebars feature profiles of idiosyncratic creators, recipes, and local attractions.