Still Saucy After All These Years
In 1901, there were fewer than 7,000 cars on America’s roads. Just 40 years later, Duncan Hines’s guidebook Adventures in Good Eating was pinpointing hundreds of gems worthy of a detour....
Restaurants in Vermont
It is rare to find a café in Vermont that does not serve genuine maple syrup with pancakes or French toast. The importance of maple syrup plus a large population of vintage diners means that breakfast is a big deal in this state. That good syrup also is the flavor foundation for creemees, the Green Mountain State’s version of custard, as well as for maple cream pie, maple donuts, and maple ice cream. As a matter of fact, Vermont just may be the nation’s #1 ice cream state, with small-batch farms and parlors producing pints of the creamiest anywhere. It also is a place where traditional hidebound Yankee fare still can be found in the form of red flannel hash, Indian pudding, and American chop suey.
Vermont’s Most Famous Dishes
Vermont Articles & Guides
Pennies in a Stream, Falling Leaves, A Sycamore
By Jane and Micheal Stern Of course Vermont is the number one breakfast state. Early-to-rise farmhouse hours, a high whole-grain consciousness, and the legendary maple syrup harvest add up to...
Yankee Doughnut Dandies
In New England, doughnuts are an art. We needn't argue their humble virtues in contrast to such upwardly mobile pastries as scones and croissants or the meretricious muffins that...
Pancakes
Pancakes make people happy. Arriving at the table in the form of short stacks or lofty towers, or fanned out like a haul of soft gold medallions, they are...
Yankee Flavors
By Jane and Michael stern Vermont' s fine inns and restaurants boast an abundance of modern chefs who create deluxe meals. But suppose you aren't in the mood for exquisite...
America's Byways: Connecticut River
Along the River A drive along the Connecticut River is described as a one of "traditions, vivid history, deeply rooted farming heritage, call of the railroads, natural beauty, and recreation."...
13 Best Places to Eat a Burger Outside this Summer
Burgers in the Open Air Hamburgers are good year-round, but there’s special pleasure in having one en plein air on a summer day. Check out these baker’s-dozen Roadfood favorite restaurants serving the...
The Best Gas Station Food in America
Fill Your Gas Tank and Your Stomach "Eat Here. Get Gas": It's a roadside jest as old as gas stations themselves. (Before gas stations, pioneering motorists bought gas in pharmacies.)...
The 4 Best Places to Eat in Burlington, Vermont
By the Pint The best thing to eat in Burlington, Vermont, is ice cream: Strafford ice cream from Rock Bottom Farm, ginger flavor in particular. We buy it by the...
The One Must-Eat Food in Each State, and Where To Get It
Unique Regional Dishes After 40 years and 5 million miles spent on the road looking for America's best regional food, we've assembled a list of the quintessential, must-eat food in...
Breakfast in Vermont
Vermont just might be the nation's number-one breakfast state. Early-to-rise farmhouse hours, a high wholegrain consciousness, and the legendary maple syrup harvest equal superior stacks of flapjacks. Consider also...
Beautiful Vintage Diners
The term diner has come to mean almost any inexpensive cafe that serves breakfast. But true diners are an elite class of eatery. They are mid 20th century design...
Heavenly Corned Beef Hash
The only possible happy exclamation incited by corned beef hash spooned from a can is "Arf!" But freshly chopped and sizzled to a crisp, crowned with poached eggs eager...
Destination Donuts
Donut devotion as fervid as the commitment devotees have for barbecue. Everybody has a favorite kind. From robust cake sinkers to featherweight glazed, styles vary dramatically. In our experience,...
Chili Nation
Chili is like DNA: everybody's is different. Texans claim (rightfully) to be the first to have made a big deal of it; and they also contend that chili can...
Hot Turkey Sandwich
Every diner, town cafe, and truck stop sells a hot turkey sandwich. A precious few are memorable and as delicious as the best Thanksgiving leftovers. They include plenty of...
Pancake Pantheon
Pancakes are common. Good pancakes are rare. Great pancakes can be the highlight of a road trip. Here are 10 iconic places to enjoy them at their best.
Yankee Donut Destinations
A donut’s very shape is satisfying. It is complete, a whole circle, nice to lift and easy to dunk. Almost any recently-made donut from a national chain offers the...
Vermont’s Best Restaurants
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