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.Alton Brown will be launching his book tour here at Octavia Books! New Orleans is his first stop on the tour as he retraces the path he traveled in Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run.
A companion to the six-part Food Network series that aired 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.
The book features
stops in the New Orleans including our neighbors on Magazine Street -- La Divina Gelateria and Big Fisherman Seafood 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.
Want to pre-order your copy?
Have questions about the event?
Give us a call! Octavia Books
504-899-7323
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