Epicurian Delights (aka food blog: Pt 2)

Asian treats on the streets of San Francisco's "Chinatown"

(We didn't have any but they looked pretty good!)



At the start of our journey, I wrote about the cultural significance of food in terms of understanding regional/city/ethnic identities. We’ve been so busy that I’ve never posted “Food Blog, Pt 2.” Sad to say that I’ve got lots of half-written blogs and this is one of them. But, I have been keeping a log and taking photos so thought I’d at least post a bit of that to get you thinking (and possibly salivating):

Day 13: Pasta in North Beach‘s Little Italy.



Day 15 - Portland’s famous Voodoo doughnuts.
Pierce tries a doughnut with fruit loops on top. (Seriously?)



Day 16: Seattle’s Starbucks coffee and a group dinner in a restaurant offering “Aroused Americana cuisine.”

Day 17: Glacier - S’mores….cooked in the microwave due to the rain but still darn tasty. A classic for a reason.



Day 21 - Group dinner of deep dish pizza.
(Sorry, Chicago. It's too much. Give me NY style any day!)


Day 24 - Detroit - Foods made in Michigan (e.g., Kellog’s rice krispies) as a gift from Ken’s family and Polish food in Hamtramek which, at one point, had the largest Polish community outside of Poland. We ordered Zupa koperkowa (dill soup), Kielbasa (sausage), and Golabki ("little pigeons" - cabbage parcels, stuffed with mushrooms and meat).
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Cory tries Polish food for the first time:




Day 25 - Ice cream in Buffalo at Fowler’s (since 1910). And, while I didn’t eat it, Ken got an “apple pancake” which was a surprisingly odd looking thing…sort of like a doughy flying saucer!



Day 28 - Boston - steamed shrimp cooked in Old Bay Seasoning and eaten by the water.

Day 30 - NYC - A slice of cheese pizza, New York style.

Day 32 - Philly - The best salad of my life. (Ok, it’s not a Philly Cheesesteak or even a soft pretzel from a roadside cart, but I’m veggie deprived and it was like heaven.)

Day 38 - Charleston - Gullah food for lunch (Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Greenberg) and a group seafood dinner. (I got the scallops but that whole flounder looked darn good!) Plus 40/40 cupcakes!!!



Day 39: Montgomery: We’ll have our last group dinner of the trip in Montgomery. I'm not sure what it will, be but we’ll make an effort to eat together and wrap up our trip over a nice meal….building community through food, just like the San Fran folks said.