Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run | 
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He’s on the road again. This time, Alton Brown and his motorcycle-mounted crew are off on a thousand-mile, south-to-north journey that follows America’s first “superhighway”—the Mississippi. Starting at the great river’s delta on the Gulf of Mexico and ending up near its headwaters in Minnesota, Alton and buddies travel the heartland’s byways to scout out the very best of roadside food—and to get to know the people who spend their lives preparing and serving it.
A companion to the six-part Food Network series airing in fall 2007, Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run is a travel diary, photo journal, and, of course, cookbook. Alton’s itinerary includes big-city eateries and small-town chat ’n’ chews, as well as markets, inns, ice cream parlors, museums, barbecue joints—and even an alligator farm.
Louisiana-style Grilled Alligator Tail (served simply, with lemon and butter) is one of the book’s forty original road-food recipes. Others include Pecan-Coconut Pie from an Arkansan roadside restaurant; BBQ Pork Ribs in Mississippi that Brown eats over pancakes; Vegetable Borscht from St. Paul’s Russian Tea House; and Fried Catfish from a riverside burg in Illinois. When it comes to America’s foodways and folkways, there’s no better tour guide than Alton Brown.
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Customer Reviews:
• Home Town 31 May, 2008
My husband is from Alton, Ill so we enjoyed the TV program and now this book. It was so good we ordered copies for his sisters and family.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3CWUN45Y71Y0C
• Trip Down Memory Lane 01 June, 2008
I grew up on the Mississippi and many parts of the book took me back to a wonderful time in my life....the 1950's, before the interstate highway system. Our family vacations were spent meandering along the highways of the day, now called back roads, and discovering all that there was to be discovered and eventually getting to our destination. Feasting on Asphalt The River Run is very well written, beautifully photographed, the recipes are great. I will enjoy reading it over and over and look forward to Alton Browns next "Asphalt" book.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3P4NWNVHBV7FP
• Entertaining, Quick Read 10 May, 2008
I really enjoy Alton Brown's work, especially Good Eats. Feasting on Asphalt is a great companion piece to the Feasting on Asphalt television special. Alton has an easy writing style, that is very reminiscent of the way he speaks. There are many recipes in the book, as well.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3HRRVF39SJZQP
• Nice Companion Book 09 June, 2008
this is basically a nice companion book to Alton's second roadtrip. A little short on recipes--like all good cooks these folks jealously guard their secrets!. the series is an "A+", this book is more of a "B".
- Reviewed by customer ID: AIT902FZ0XJYO
• Great Read For Food Lovers! 05 June, 2008
I love food, and reading about good food. This book combines a cookbook full of great recipes with an entertaining awesome story about each one of them. Its fun and interesting, I actually learned a lot of cool facts from reading it. I recommend this book, and Alton is great :-)
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1N29CCU5PRV27
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