Jane and Michael Stern are very interesting people. She is East coast. He is Midwest. He is lean. She is not. But they got together, got married and have been working together ever since. Their specialty is road food. They literally wrote the book on that. They have also done books such as the Encyclopedia of Pop Culture and one about Elvis. Nowadays they are sticking to the food projects, with a road food column in Gourmet magazine and a new book called Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food. This book is their memoir of how it all started.
What is amazing is that when they first had the concept to taste food at all the little mom and pop places in the Unites States, they did not think it would take that long! This book tells about their first adventures - when they looked like hippies and were going into places that might not appreciate that lifestyle - and how they have refined their "system" of reviewing. Apparently they eat around 5 meals a day! Breakfast being one of the biggest. They usually order a ton of stuff to taste all the different dishes a place has to offer. No wonder some places thought they were a bit strange.
In the midst of their adventures, they made friends, had the usual traveling problems (illness, bad hotels, etc.), found some great food and learned a lot about America on the way. Each chapter ends with a recipe, and leaves the reader wishing to take a food road trip too...
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