Foodbuzz

RT15: Tepid Italian Beef

We don’t get it. We’re prepared to admit it. It sounded good. We liked the IDEA of it. We never stopped to really think about it, though. We know people will say, “You didn’t have it at (INSERT FAVOURITE PLACE HERE)” and maybe that’s true, but we went for the top of the list and one that places highly in most “best of” lists. Remember though, we are...
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RT14: Hot Diggety Dog!

As American as hot dogs and apple pie. That’s what they say, right? For such an iconic American food, there seem to be really only a few places throughout the United States that see hot dogs as elevated cuisine. New York has Coney Island dogs and Gray’s Papaya. Cincinnati has the venerated chili dog, and Chicago has something else, again. The proper Chicago dog with everything has a...
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RT13: Into the Windy City!

Up early for an early start. We want to be in Chicago for lunch. Time is short and we want to experience as much of Chicago’s offerings as possible. It is a cool 59 degrees. I do not acclimatize backwards well and am longing for the 106 degrees of last week. The two-hour drive is pleasant enough: cows, cornfields, pale bleached-out skies, tall, yellow wildflowers and on our approach to the...
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Our Annual Monster Road Trip

We are about to embark upon our annual Monster Road Trip. This year’s adventure will find us traveling from New Orleans to Chicago along three pre-interstate “mother roads”: The Great River Road from New Orleans to Natchez Mississippi The Natchez Trace, from Natchez to Nashville, through Jackson, Mississippi Route 66 from Saint Louis to Chicago As always we’ll be...
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