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50 states - 50 slices of pie

10/18/2013

If you are like us, some of our fond travel memories are centered around the great meals and foods we have eaten - beignets in New Orleans, crab cakes in Maryland, and Tex-Mex in San Antonio. We often seek out new food adventures when we travel if only to say, "I've tried that!" A new member, John from New York, put his own spin on such a food travel goal by eating a slice of pie in all fifty states. When talking about his culinary travel goal John said, “ I pulled over at (mostly) mom-and-pop type places to enjoy one of life's great pleasures...a slice of "homemade" pie with an ice cold glass of milk!” What a fantastic and delicious idea!

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John’s Most Memorable Pies
Key West, FL - Key Lime Pie
Traverse City, MI - Cherry Pie
Fairbanks, AK - Blueberry Pie (at the World's Northern-most Denny's!!!)
Burlington, VT - Apple Pie
South Sioux City, NE - Peach Pie
Smithfield, RI - Rhubarb Pie (made by John's grandmother)
Honolulu, HI - Pineapple Pie
Butte, MT - Irish Pasty
Wheeling, WV - Dutch Apple Pie
Portland, ME - Mixed Berry Pie

John has also been working on having a beer in each state - with 2 states left to revisit. Another fantastic idea! If you have a similar food-related goal let us know. Thank you John for your inspiration and welcome to the All Fifty Club!

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I'm not a foodie by any means and I certainly can't tell the difference between Gaelic smoked salt and regular sea salt. However, I love to eat and savor new flavor combinations. If you love to seek out new taste sensations when you travel, check out Lonely Planet's Food Lovers Guide to the World for tips, recipes, and insider information to help you get where to eat and what to eat when you are there. Plus, you'll be given the knowledge of regional foods and better armed with "cuisine insight" when traveling to distant places. Subtitled "Experience the Great Global Cuisines", if the forward and preview pages are anything like the book itself, then you will be swept away by the magic of different global tastes.

"This place seemed so foreign but I so wanted to be there, smelling that
fire, hearing it crackle, eating what I thought must be the most unimaginable delicious, exotic food. The photo was a doorway into another world, a world far removed from the pot roast and frozen dinners that I grew up eating."

Even if you don't walk away from the book understanding the unique flavor of Gaelic smoked salt, you certainly will have a better appreciation of food from cultures around the world.

Lonely Planet's Food Lovers Guide to the World

Do you have travel goals? Check out a simple tool to help track of states visited, countries visited, and continents visited - see our Travel Goal iPad App to learn more about tracking your unique travel goals and your travel experiences and bucket-lists on your own travel goal iPad app. See Achieving Travel Goals for some quick advice and a comprehensive primer to help you achieve travel goals. Looking for great articles to plan your next awesome adventure? See our Top Travel Blog Search Engine that searches only the top 150 most widely read and popular travel blogs in the world. Have you traveled to all 50 states, all 7 continents, or at least 15 countries? Become a free member of our All Fifty Club, 7 Continent Club, and/or Traveler's Country Club for FREE today or give a membership as a gift! Happy Travels!

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Eating My Way Through Frontier Days - Wyoming Travel Series

7/30/2012

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The 116th Cheyenne Frontier Days, dubbed as the World's Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration, concluded this past Sunday. Every year, Frontier Days is held the last full week of July. While I didn't take in any rodeo action this year, I managed to enjoy some of Frontier Days' best eats. Pancakes - Kettle Corn - Bison Burgers - Indian Tacos oh my!

Pancakes! The ten day celebration mixed up three free pancake breakfasts held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 7-9am at the Cheyenne Depot Plaza. Last year over 27,000 total people were fed over the three breakfasts. The crowds are huge but do not be deterred! The lines move fast, the queues are well organized, and there are plenty of volunteers making sure things run smoothly. While moving towards the end of the line you'll see pancakes being tossed in the air caught by local boy scouts, as well as a cement truck they use to mix the batter. I consider myself a bit of a pancake connoisseur and these pancakes pass the pancake test; great flavor, just the right amount of fluffiness, and browned to perfection. As a pancake purist I normally take my cakes with just butter, but I did try the syrup and along with the Hormel ham the breakfast is not to be missed.

Insider tip: Arrive towards the end and they might let you take a pile of cakes home, wrapped in foil. Pancakes travel well!

Frontier Days Pancake Breakfast. Photo courtesy Travel Goal Getter.

Kettle Corn! What is kettle corn? Up until a decade ago I had no idea. Throw your conventional understanding of popcorn out the window and prepare your taste buds for one of food's best combinations - sweet and salty. Kettle corn has a crunchy sugar crust with salt sprinkled throughout. In each bag you usually have some "golden nuggets" which are clumps of popcorn held together by caramelized sugar. Yum! As the name indicates, this specialty popcorn is cooked in a huge 500 pound kettle. Bryan, owner of Poppin' Ranch of Colorado Springs, gave me a behind the scenes tour of his kettle that cooks 5 pounds of kernels in 90 seconds. "The key is heating up the kettle to 460-480 degrees in order for the kernels to expand," Bryan said. Needless to say, it was very hot over his kettle that burns 60,000 btus. His daughter, Cheyenne, sold me their largest bag and as usual, little made it home. Hey, it's always best fresh out' the kettle. Kettle Corn is usually available from a vendor at the Wild Horse Gulch (free entry).

Frontier Days Kettle Corn. Photo courtesy Travel Goal Getter.

Frontier Days Kettle Corn Kettle. Photo courtesy Travel Goal Getter.

Bison Burgers! Let's face it - Americans love to eat cow. On average, Americans eat over 60 pounds of beef every year. A much healthier alternative to beef is bison. In fact, bison has 70% to 90% less fat compared to beef, 50% less cholesterol, and it is higher in protein, iron and all the omega and amino acids. Okay okay, but how does it taste? Bison tastes like a very non-greasy slightly sweeter burger. Because it has much less fat, unlike beef, the flavor comes from the meat itself and not the fat juices. Don't get me wrong the bison burger is not dry; you are just less likely to go through multiple napkins eating one. The Frontier Days Bison Burger is available at the Indian Village (free entry) and is served with baked beans with jalapeno and red potato skin salad. Cooked to order, they are worth it! Be careful not to like them too much though as bison meat is difficult to find in most parts of the country.

Frontier Days Bison Burger. Photo courtesy Travel Goal Getter.

Indian Tacos! Hidden under all that cheese, lettuce, ground beef, refried beans, olives and tomatoes is indian fry bread (which alone topped with honey and powdered sugar makes a great treat too!). All the toppings on this baby makes it a meal! Difficult to eat without a fork, the Frontier Days Indian Taco is available at the Indian Village (free entry). Add some sour cream on top to finish off this colorful lunch or dinner.

Frontier Days Indian Taco. Photo courtesy Travel Goal Getter.

Do you have travel goals? See Achieving Travel Goals for some quick advice and a comprehensive primer to help you achieve travel goals. Check out a simple tool to help track travel goals and travel accomplishments - see our Travel Goal App for the iPad to learn more about tracking your unique travel goals on your own travel goal iPad app. Have you traveled to all 50 states, all 7 continents, or at least 15 countries? Become a member of our All Fifty Club, 7 Continent Club, and/or Traveler's Country Club today or give a membership as a gift! Happy Travels!

50 States 50 Sandwiches...Sandwich Fanatic Making 50 Sandwiches Inspired by the 50 United States

5/30/2012

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Follow along as this "Food Artist" creates 50 sandwiches inspired by the 50 United States.
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