Three years ago, Food Network began airing a fun series called “Feasting on Asphalt.” Host Alton Brown and his crew rode across the United States on motorcycles in search of great roadside food made by regular people. He talked with restaurant owners and patrons along the way, and his crew made it a point to find local specialties in each area they drove through.
With summer vacations just around the corner, we might all want to think about eating local while "feasting on asphalt." Whether you’re taking a weekend road trip or heading across the country for your vacation, you can find markets and restaurants with fresh, healthy, local ingredients along the way and at your vacation spot.
With the Eat Well Guide, you can enter a starting and ending address for your trip, and the search engine will return a list of all the local options. These include everything from farmers’ markets to restaurants, butchers to bakers, co-ops to stores. You also may narrow your search to just restaurants, for instance, and you can print out a PDF of your results. (You do need to register with the site for the print-out, but it’s free.)
There are other online resources for finding local food too. Check out Local Harvest and enter a zip code or city/state to find local farms, restaurants, grocers and more.
You’ll not only eat well on the road, but you’ll be supporting farmers and the local economy wherever you are. Happy travels!
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