Kate Connally wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm driving from Pittsburgh to Hamilton, MT in a
> few weeks. Just wondering if there are any local
> foods I might want to try in the different states
> that I don't already know about. (For instance, pasties
> in Michigan and Montana, pork chop sandwiches in Montana,
> runzas in Nebraska, Cincinnati chili.)
>
> I'll be travelling through the following states:
> Michigan
> Wisconsin
> Minnesota
> North Dakota
> Montana
> Washington (eastern)
> Oregon (eastern)
> Idaho
> Wyoming
> Nebraska
> Iowa
> Illinois
> Indiana
> Ohio
> Kentucky
> West Virginia
>
> Have at it.
>
> Kate
>
>
This may be obvious, but have you looked at books by Jane and
Michael Stern? I bet they'd have some good tips for you. Also,
I'd be tempted to look back at the books I have lauded: Food of a
Younger Land,* America Cooks by The Browns...

*Also, I gather Pat Willard's book, America Eats, which is also
based on the unfinished project of that name from the 1930s and
early 1940s, has just come out in PB form.

--
Jean B.