| Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food Contributor(s): Stern, Jane (Author), Stern, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 061887268X ISBN-13: 9780618872688 Publisher: Harvest Publications OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: In this laugh-out-loud culinary memoir, the Sterns tell the story behind their lifelong road trip, offering a front-seat view of smoke pits, boardinghouse-style restaurants, and cafes where customized mugs for regulars hang on pegboards. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - American - General - Cooking | Essays & Narratives - Cooking | Individual Chefs & Restaurants |
| Dewey: 641.597 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part memoir, part guidebook, part cookbook, and all parts hilarious, Two for the Road shares the lessons the Sterns have learned during thirty years of sampling regional fare on America's back roads. If you want a great restaurant, forget the Yellow Pages, ask the local cop--and avoid anything that calls itself "world famous." Sure bets are places with a giant plastic pig on the roof or pictures of Jesus on the walls. As the Sterns search for the Holy Grail of barbecue, they relate achingly funny adventures and misadventures, and what emerges is a big picture of America, revealing exotic eating customs that flourish right under our noses. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stern, Jane: - JANE and MICHAEL STERN are the authors of the best-selling Roadfood and the acclaimed memoir Two for the Road. They are contributing editors to Gourmet, where they write the James Beard Award-winning column "Roadfood," and they appear weekly on NPR's The Splendid Table. Winners of a James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award, the Sterns have also been inducted into the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America. |