Look: when I saw a billboard beckoning from the highway that read: "The Best Fudge Comes from Uranus"-- I was absolutely, positively going to take that bait. WHO...

If you've followed this blog at all, you know I'm hardly one for fine dining. Which is why this feature is called "Dive of the Week"-- I'm generally only...

Amarillo, Texas, exists on a long stretch of nothing— which makes it feel like an oasis when approaching. If I need to eat food in the hours before reaching...

Just outside Santa Fe is Tesuque Village, a small community that contains under 1,000 people and is the native home of the Tewa and Tesuque Pueblo people. The area...

Elfrida had only one restaurant-- the Kountry Kafe. This was a town that had a Dollar General, and that was it. I'm not being hyperbolic-- there were no stoplights,...

You heard that right-- one of the few restaurants in Quartzite was Silly Al's Pizza, which was a restaurant covered in wooden paneling, a menu that probably hadn't changed...

Tucked into an industrial district of Palm Springs is a total gem for both vegetarians and vegans: Chef Tanya's Kitchen. The store section was a complete stash of every high-quality...

Being a vegetarian means you don't often get to order the House Special. So many specialty dishes in restaurants are meat-based, and therefore Moon gets to experience these things...

In Houston, Karbach Brewery was tucked way back in a plaza-- the way good stuff tends to be, especially in Texas-- where strip malls contain multitudes. In a world...

In Little Rock, the Root Cafe offered a delightful setting for "second breakfast" as we rolled into town. I ordered a "breakfast bahn mi" -- which consisted of two...

In Klamath Falls, Oregon, is the strangest, best waffle I have ever tasted. The menu front proudly told the story of the "Liege" waffle-- which I thought was actually...