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Here's what Publishers Weekly says about Eat This:
“Jackman’s compendium of American foods and foodstuffs is an informational tour-de-force, a guidebook suitable for everyone from the couch potato to the frequent flyer. In the interest of finding out where to get the best, whether it’s organic produce or fast food, delivery or fine dining, the author has eaten widely if not always well …. The book is organized about as well as something so wide-ranging can be without tilting into a work of reference. The first part, “Eating In,†isn’t a how-to-eat-better so much as a how-to-eat-the-best-possible. The second, larger part, “Eating Out,†might make one want to cash in an IRA and hit the road for a year or two to eat everything he’s listed. Readers will soon find themselves flipping the pages from restaurant to dish, and that’s when they’ll start fingering their car keys—it’s just the thing for the summer travel season.†Publishers Weekly, May 14, 2007
"Take Ian's advice--forget the diet and hit the road with this amazing cross-country food adventure." --George Motz, director of Hamburger America
Watch out for George's book on hamburgers coming next year, sure to be the last word on the subject.
There's so much great food in this country and what we know in the northeast doesn't hold in Southern California. Clam chowder or fish tacos? A grinder or avocado on toast? Eat This! travels coast to coast and checks out the foods you absolutely must eat, from lobster rolls and great burgers to banana cream pie and fresh peaches. The focus is on local specialties with real national appeal.
We've got descriptions of a pulled-pork sandwich with peppery slaw from North Carolina; buffalo-meat specials from Colorado; a chocolate, pecan, caramel, and marshmallow GooGoo Supreme from Nashville; and a red and green chile-slathered taco dinner from Santa Fe, there's only one question to be asked: Are you salivating yet?
Eat This! wants you to escape the guilt and anxiety propagated by our diet-obsessed society and instead try out those fish tacos, or a pork-and-greens sandwich in Philly, or an Apple Fritter from the LA farmers market as well as some fresh vegetables from the local farm stand. America's one big grocery store and restaurant and we stop for everything from the produce of the heartland to the meats of the west.
To find out what my book is about, read the What My Book Is About blog
Some of the 1001 things to eat--
Sweet corn, picked and eaten on July 4
Green Zebra tomatoes with Kosher salt
A California Cherimoya, cut in half, eaten with a spoon
Tart cherry pie with a big side of vanilla ice cream
Red Rose, a white-flesh summer peach
A date shake made using California dates
Home-made French fries
Testa, lardo and fine cured meats
Veal bone marrow with parsley and capers
Fresh grilled sardines
Cincinnati Chili, Five-Way
A Chicago-style hot dog
A Sonoran hot dog from El Guero Canelo in Tucson
A New York System Hot Wiener from Providence
A Philadelphia pork-and-greens sandwich with broccoli rabe
A rack of dry-rub ribs from Memphis
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Chinese red bean paste moon cake
Banana Cream Pie from the Apple Pan in Los Angeles
Any frozen custard
Key lime pie from Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach
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