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Gourmet Live: Hometown Glory—The Best Regional Snack Foods in the U.S.

January 28, 2015 by

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Gourmet Regional Snacks

Gourmet Live: It’s A Small World—The Culinary Impact of the 1964 World’s Fair

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It's not Christmastime until there's a swinging pi

It's not Christmastime until there's a swinging pickle in the house. 🥒🌟
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#pickle #pickleornament #pickleornamenttradition #pittsburghpickle #holidayornaments #foodornaments #christmasdecoration #holidaydecorating #hangingornaments

Holiday reminder that my two cookbooks are SUPER G

Holiday reminder that my two cookbooks are SUPER GIFTABLE and you can make your loved ones make YOU homemade pierogies or Oreos as a bonus gift!
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Yes, you can get them on Amazon - but if you want signed copies, you can buy them from me directly and I'll scribble something nice/draw a pierogi/maybe throw in an extra card or two.
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Link in bio for all the purchase options, and as the actual smallest business of all, I so deeply appreciate every sale. (The cats are not on the payroll, it's truly just me over here.)
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#pierogilove #classicsnacksmadefromscratch #classicsnacks #homemadejunkfood #signedcookbooks #cookbookauthor #holidaygiftideas #pierogies #cookbooks

Green chile mac and cheese with BBQ brisket and ga

Green chile mac and cheese with BBQ brisket and garlic green beans, served Bruce Wayne-and-Vicki Vale-style because we think that's funny. Yes, those are somewhat individual servings that neither of us could finish.
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#thanksgivingfortwo #brisketmacandcheese #greenchilemacandcheese #hatchchile #favoritefoods #customdiningtable #garlicgreenbeans #nontraditionalthanksgiving #happyalone

Cats love @taylorswift, it's a fact. So these guys

Cats love @taylorswift, it's a fact. So these guys asked me to learn "betty" before we all watch the new concert special tomorrow. (But neither volunteered to accompany me on harmonica!)
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#taylorswift #taylorswiftfolklore #ukulelecover #ukulelesongs #taylorswiftbetty #lifewithcats #lifeofbixby #lennypotatoes #lapcats

OK, one more Thanksgiving suggestion! By popular r

OK, one more Thanksgiving suggestion! By popular request, I finally have a video tutorial on how to make pie crust on GFS. If you have ever enjoyed one of my (almost) famous pies, this is how the magic happens.
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And if you're taking me up on that Thanksgiving pot pie idea, then here's your push! Link in bio as usual.
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#piecrust #piedough #homemadepie #howtomake #foodvideo #foodtutorial #pielove #thanksgivingdessert #holidaydesserts

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Loved seeing the Sinclair dinosaur balloon in toda

Loved seeing the Sinclair dinosaur balloon in today's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! As a lifelong dino fan, he's one of my favorite mascots, and we got to see a few classic examples along Route 66.
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According to @amnh, the Sinclair balloon first debuted in 1966 and was renewed in 2015. Click on their bio to see the original! -CB
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#apatosaurus #sinclairdino #sinclairdinosaur #route66roadtrip #route66landmark #kitschycute #dinolover #dinosaurstatue #dcbroute66

A year ago today, we finished the last half mile o

A year ago today, we finished the last half mile of our Route 66 journey on foot, walking a few blocks from our parking spot to the 66 to Cali booth on the crowded Santa Monica Pier.
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It was a hectic finish to the trip, fighting LA traffic to get there before sundown, but the rush of the moment made it all worth it. There's not that much we'd do differently if we drove the whole thing again, either! -CB
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#route66 #route66california #endoftheroad #route66roadtrip #santamonicapier #dcbroute66 #dcbontheroad #seeamerica #americanhighways

Worried we might go the entire year without a nati

Worried we might go the entire year without a national park or lighthouse stamp, we were able to check off both on a mild November Saturday.
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With the temperature in the 60s, we took a day trip to Fire Island and climbed the 182 steps to the top of the lighthouse. The sun was warm, the breeze was stiff, and the air smelled of the sea. And my new lighthouse passport book leads off with our one and only touristy trip of 2020. -DC
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#fireisland #fireislandlighthouse #fireislandnationalseashore #nps #findyourpark #nationalparkgeek #lighthouses #lighthousesofinstagram #lighthouselovers #nationalparkstamps #lighthousepassport

The historic El Rancho in Gallup, NM truly had the

The historic El Rancho in Gallup, NM truly had the charm of yesterday and the convenience of tomorrow, just as the sign promised. ✴️ The well-preserved interior felt like a movie set, but the convenience I was most interested in was the LAUNDRY! Cheap and right off the lobby, so I could get it done while we ate dinner (and drank John Wayne's favorite margaritas) in the 49er Bar.
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The staff might have thought I was a little off, but good laundry was much appreciated on our Route 66 trip. -CB
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#elrancho #gallup #historichotel #oldhollywoodstars #hollywoodwestern #route66 #route66newmexico #dcbroute66 #route66photography

Revisiting Route 66 - we only spent one full day i

Revisiting Route 66 - we only spent one full day in Texas, but what a day we made of it. After waking up on the OK-TX state line, we dropped in at the U-Drop Inn in Shamrock and hit up the Conway Slug Bug Ranch (an homage to Cadillac Ranch) before rolling into Amarillo to see the real deal in all its glowing spray-painted glory.
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Burritos and chili cheese fries at the Goldenlight Cafe (the oldest continuously operating restaurant in one location on the Route) and a stroll through an excellent antique mall gave us a sense of historic Sixth Street.
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We had planned on staying for free in the Texas Travel Center parking lot that night and only stopping by the Big Texan Steak Ranch (and Motel and RV Ranch) for some snacks and beers. But when we learned that campsites at the RV Ranch were just $20, and that they had an indoor pool AND "limo" service to and from the Steak Ranch, how could we pass that up?
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So it was our only night of swimming on the road, and a trip in the limo—actually a Cadillac with longhorns as a hood ornament—for dinner at the bar. We never made it into the dining room to see if anyone did the challenge.
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The next morning, we woke up to frigid winds and a private tour of Robert Smithson's Amarillo Ramp site just outside the city before hightailing it west to Tucumcari, NM. - CB
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#amarillotexas #amarillotx #roadtripusa #udropinn #cadillacranch #slugbug #bigtexansteakranch #goldenlightcafe

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