Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run by Alton Brown

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    • Ingredients: half and half cream; raisins; burger buns; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Creamed spinach

    • IowanCorn on May 06, 2024

      Substituted arugula for half the spinach because I had already eaten half of my CSA share of spinach - and made half of a batch at that, still, a very quick tasty part of lunch. Use the freshly grated nutmeg, it really makes the difference. I also used half and half for the heavy cream, and it was fine.

  • Steamed asparagus with J.C.'s lemon vinaigrette

    • IowanCorn on June 16, 2025

      Spring asparagus was steamed and tossed in this sauce, which is extremely easy, extremely tasty, and is mustard forward. Very mustard forward, which I love, but if mustard's not your thing, you should probably try something else.

  • Parsley bread

    • IowanCorn on February 20, 2026

      Since it was a simple looking recipe, I tried this in my bread machine, and in hindsight, that may have been a mistake. The crumb turned out coarse, but the flavor was good. I think it would be better if made by hand.

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  • ISBN 10 1584796812
  • ISBN 13 9781584796817
  • Published Apr 01 2008
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Stewart, Tabori & Chang
  • Imprint Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc

Publishers Text

He's on the road again. This time, Alton Brown and his motorcycle-mounted crew are off on a thousand-mile, south-to-north journey that follows America's first "superhighway" - the Mississippi. Starting at the great river's delta on the Gulf of Mexico and ending up near its headwaters in Minnesota, Alton and buddies travel the heartland's byways to scout out the very best of roadside food - and to get to know the people who spend their lives preparing and serving it.

A companion to the six-part Food Network series airing in fall 2007, Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run is a travel diary, photo journal, and, of course, cookbook. Alton's itinerary includes big-city eateries and small-town chat 'n' chews, as well as markets, inns, ice cream parlors, museums, barbecue joints - and even an alligator farm.

Louisiana-style Grilled Alligator Tail (served simply, with lemon and butter) is one of the book's forty original road-food recipes. Others include Pecan-Coconut Pie from an Arkansan roadside restaurant; BBQ Pork Ribs in Mississippi that Brown eats over pancakes; Vegetable Borscht from St. Paul's Russian Tea House; and Fried Catfish from a riverside burg in Illinois. When it comes to America's foodways and folkways, there's no better tour guide than Alton Brown.

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