"Since we started traveling around the country looking for good food in 1974, we have driven more than three million miles and have eaten in tens of thousands of restaurants. Eat Your Way Across the USA is the culmination of that quest, reflecting what we have learned in nearly a quarter century of American meals. A few of the restaurants listed [in the book] are old favorites that we have returned to dozens of times of the years; many are recent discoveries. Each and every one has won our hearts, and never just because it serves delicious food. For us, the joy of eating our way across the USA has been something more than sustenance. It has shown us the soul of a nation. It is our hope that this book will help readers find -- and savor -- that soul."
Jane and Michael Stern, from
Eat Your Way Across the USA.