America's Byways: Road trip through Iowa
Road trip through Iowa The Loess Hills Scenic Byway through westernmost Iowa is describes as "truly an American treasure." The trip from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sioux City, Iowa offers Roadfood...
Once home of the Union Stockyards, where cattle were fattened on their way east, Omaha is best known as a place to eat steak. Yes, indeed, you can find a big, beautifully grilled, high-priced hunk of aged beef (at Johnny’s Cafe, since 1922); but there is so much more to this city, including neighborhood bakeries that specialize in European pastries, classic urban diners and coffee shops — coffee houses, too! — and a super-stylish, very hip place to start the day. That’s the Saddle Creek Breakfast Club. One specialty you’ll find only in Omaha is called a Frenchee or Cheese Frenchee: a grilled cheese sandwich dipped in corn flake batter and fried to a crisp. Hungry pedestrians stroll the multi-block Old Market in town, where the bills of fare include sushi, artisan brownies, organic juices, farm-to-table French cuisine, oysters, bubble tea, and even a cigar bar.
Road trip through Iowa The Loess Hills Scenic Byway through westernmost Iowa is describes as "truly an American treasure." The trip from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sioux City, Iowa offers Roadfood...
When writing our Roadfood guide book, which divides the nation into regions, Nebraska is a problem. Is it the Midwest or the West? Culinarily, it's some of each, but...
Grilled Cheese From pressed-flat, wafer-thin, white-bread-and-Velveeta cooked on a lunch-counter flattop to effulgent bouquets of imported cheese melted between halves of an artisan bun, the best grilled cheese sandwiches have...