Feasting on
Asphalt, the River Run Alton Brown.
This Food network personality is joined by a group of
buddies on motorcycle to travel up the Mississippi and discover the foods that
distinguish each location. It is a fun
and fascinating ride as they avoid the fancy and discover the ordinary. Feasting on Asphalt is a TV series, but I cannot imagine anything better than the Mississippi River trip that is highlighted in this book.
From the predictable gators and crawdads in Louisiana we
discover the unpredictable fact that the Delta country of Mississippi is home
to a wealth of hot tamales and the hot is not just from the external heat. The author notes something I discovered a
long time ago – there is nothing healthy about this deep fried menu, but it is
good. Vegetables just take a lot of work
to find.
Moving north there are some wonderful discoveries extending
all the way to the headwaters and lutefisk that ends up being buried in the
forest (and I can only say that this was not doing the wildlife a favor).
Great story telling with a wealth of recipes - I am baking the coconut pecan pie next week and great photos to illustrate the trip. We will use this for our scouting trip next
month and search out some of his “finds”.
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