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Regional Foods That Need To Be Everywhere

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While traveling around the U.S. (and the world) we love to seek out and try or should I say taste the local eats.

When I think of local foods, here are a few that come to mind- Pizza in New York, Chicago & Connecticut, Cheesesteaks in Philadelphia, Lobster Rolls in New England (especially Maine & Connecticut) and Muffulettas & Po’ Boys in New Orleans just to name a few.

During our trip to South Dakota I found a food that is pretty much only known within the state called Chislic which you can read about here. We also tried out Johnny Cakes in Rhode Island. While they aren’t only found in RI, I haven’t seen JCs on a menu anywhere else that I’ve been. Check out my post about them here.

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America’s Best Chocolate Shops

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So who doesn’t like chocolate? I think I’d be hard-pressed to find one person raising their hand in a room of 100 people.

I’ll admit that I love chocolate, especially dark. I’ve sampled amazing chocolates all over the world and enjoy trying out local shops and brands.

When it comes to chocolate, one trip stands out. During a quick trip to Belgium, my brother and I had lots of fun sampling amazing chocolates from lots of different shops. (FYI- The beer was pretty darn good too!)

I came across an article about America’s Best Chocolate Shops from Fodor’s earlier in the month.

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Bravo’s Top Chef Restaurant Finder

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Kim and I have long been fans of Bravo’s Top Chef although we haven’t been following as much during recent seasons. (Thanks to Lucas we’re more likely to watch Paw Patrol or Sesame Street at the moment.)

A bunch of former Top Chef contestants have (or have had) restaurants in the New York City area. While watching the show we would often wonder just how good the food being featured was. Maybe some day there will be smell-a-vision but I don’t think there will ever be a way to have taste-a-vision!

While we haven’t tried many Top Chef contestants’ restaurants, we have visited a few. I’m not going to lie, a big part of the reason we chose to eat at that these restaurants  was due to the fact of the chefs being on the show.

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Save 10% On Seamless For the Big “Foodball”Game

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Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 10.36.04 AMTonight is the big game which will be seen all over the world. Super Bowl XLVIII will pit the Denver Broncos against the Seattle Seahawks. While I don’t follow football as much as I used to, I’ll still be watching the game and hope to see Peyton Manning finally win his 2nd championship.

The Super Bowl is a huge night for eating and Seamless wants to help you save some money if you decide to order in.

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Use This: Eater’s Airport Dining Guides

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I’ve never been one to get excited about eating at an airport before a flight but in recent years, the dining options have been greatly improving. 

With the opening of Shake Shack and other impressive food options at Delta’s Terminal 4 at JFK last May, my thoughts about airport dining began to change.

While flying to Florida over Thanksgiving, we had a connection in Atlanta. We didn’t have much time between flights. Kim, Lucas and I were happy to see Chic-fil-A, practically next door to our gate. We’re not big on fast food but we happen to think that Chic-fil-A puts out possibly the best chicken sandwich, not a bad option for an airport! On the way back home, we ate at Chic-fil-A again and noticed that The Varsity, an icon in Atlanta was pretty much attached to Chic-fil-A. I can’t vouch for the food from The Varsity but I did see people consistently ordering from them.

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T+L: Best Italian Restaurants In The U.S.

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Screen Shot 2013-12-29 at 12.12.11 AMItalian food ranks up there as one of  my favorite kinds of food. When I think of Italian, pizza, chicken parmigiana and lasagna come to mind. I have some local favorites in the New York City area and love discovering new places to try out during our travels.

I was happy to come across a slide show by Travel + Leisure featuring what they claim to be 30 of the Best Italian Restaurants in the U.S.

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Off Topic: McDonald’s Has An Extra 10,000,000 Pounds of Chicken Wings

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McDonald’s is one of the most successful fast food chains in the world and Ronald McDonald is possibly one of the world’s most recognizable mascots.

Most products that McDonald’s offers go on to be successful but boy did they miss the mark with the relatively new Mighty Wings.

McDonald’s purchased around 50 million pounds of chicken wings and they weren’t able to sell enough of them. This left the fast food giant with 20% of their inventory,  10 million pounds of wings which are in frozen storage.

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Disappointing Breakfast Menu Items At McDonald’s In Germany

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During our trip to Germany (back in September) we visited Berlin before heading to Munich for Oktoberfest, the main reason for our trip. (I’ve been a bit behind on posting about our experience at Oktoberfest but plan to write about it soon.)

While this wasn’t my first trip to Germany, I still had to stop by McDonald’s to see if there were any locally insprired menu items. I know I definitely ate there but don’t recall eating anything out of the ordinary.

We first visited  a McDonald’s for a late snack. It was getting late and we didn’t want to first go in search of a restaurant. Nothing special on the menu caught my eye but I did see that there were some interesting breakfast options to try another time.

A couple of days later, our destination for breakfast was McDonald’s. The photo above shows “Your New Breakfast At McDonald’s” so we went ahead and ordered one of each item.

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Zagat: 10 Crazy Burgers From Around the U.S.

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Screen Shot 2013-11-10 at 10.44.43 PMLast month I wrote about 5 Bizarre Burgers That I’ve Tried. I’m a huge burger fan so I was happy to come across an interesting article from Zagat called 10 Crazy Burgers From Around the U.S. while I was writing up my list.

I’m always looking for new burgers to try and am definitely interested in tasting a few from Zagat’s list of crazy burgers. While I haven’t tried any of the burgers mentioned, I have eaten at  3 places from the list, having burgers at 2 of them.

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Easy Miles & Points: Airline & Hotel Dining Programs

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Screen Shot 2013-12-07 at 2.51.06 PMAfter posting about generous offers from United MileagePlus Dining and SkyMiles Dining, it made me think about other dining programs available from airline and hotel programs. I figured that it was time to take advantage of earning some easy miles and points.

I’ve been using the American Airlines dining program for years and have used only one other program in the past. In 2011 I registered for US Airways dining so I could get a hit towards the Grand Slam promotion.

I looked around online to see what other sign up bonus offers were available.

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