Nā koho maikaʻi ma waho aʻe o nā paepae gula
ʻO kekahi o nā māhele maikaʻi loa o William Least Heat Moon's chronicle of his travels across America, "Blue Highways" (kapaʻia no ke kaha o nā laina'āina e hōʻailona ana i nā alanui),ʻo ia ka hana a ka mea kākau no ka helu heluʻai a me nā haleʻaina ma ka heluʻana o nā kaʻina manawa. nā paia. ʻO ka nui o ka papa manawa,ʻo ka nui o ka home i ka pahu.
ʻO ka meaʻai wikiwiki i ka hana maʻamau, e like me nā haleʻaina pāʻani a me nā kiʻi o ka home.
Makemakeʻoe eʻike i ke kumu maoli o ka'āina āu e hele nei? E hoʻokuʻu i ke kaulahao ma kaʻaoʻao ākea a paʻi i Main Street no kahi cafe. Nui paha ka manawa e huli ai i ka waiwai, akā, he mea pono ia e loaʻa i ka homemade moa kalo me kaʻulaʻula i West Texas, aiʻole kekahi lima milima lima i kahi hale kūʻai lāʻau o ka South Dakota.
Heluheluʻo Gustatory Road
No ke kōkuaʻana iāʻoe ma kāu hulina kaomi, nā meaʻai nui a Michele a me Jane Stern nāʻAmelika eʻai i ka hua'ōlelo: "Roadfood - ke kahawaiʻo Coast-To-Coast i 500 o nā huile pūlea maikaʻi loa, nā Lobster Shacks, nā Laauʻanuʻu Moana, Highway Diners, a Nui, nui aʻoi aku "(hoʻohālike i nā koina ma lalo). E huli i nāʻele e like me Kennebunkport's Clam Shack; Ma ke alanui e hele aiʻo Maine walk-up i kahi hōʻike Stern e nānā ai e hiki iāʻoe ke pilau i kou mau niho i loko o: "... ua'ōwili ka'ōpili aʻai mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa. Hoʻoihoʻia kahi lau loloa hoʻokahi-paʻi mai ka pū i loko o nā'āpana nui (ʻaʻohe kūkiki maʻaneʻi), i hoʻokomoʻia i loko o ka'ōwili'eneʻoki i ka loli, a laila ua hoʻouluʻia me ka waiū maʻemaʻe (aiʻole, inā makemakeʻoe,'āpīʻia me ka mayonnaise). "
E lawe i ka mai mai kēia alakaʻi alakaʻi i mua o kāu'ōwili:
"Pāʻani - ke kaiākea Coast-To-Coast i 500 o nā koleke Barbecue maikaʻi loa, nā Lock Hoʻohapu, Nā Lahu Hiwahiwa, Highway Diners, a me ka nui, nui loa aku" - Jane and Michael Stern
E Hoʻomohala i kāu Pūnaewele Pūnaewele
E huli i ka Stern's Roadfood.com e ka moku'āina, ke kūlanakauhale, ka meaʻai, ka hua'ōlelo a meaʻai haleʻai paha (kekahi mea mai nā kumu iʻa i ka Pennsylvania Dutch cafes).
Nā pae'ē aʻe e leʻaleʻa ma luna o:
- Ke alakaiʻoʻAmelika - nā meaʻai me ke kāpuni mai ke kahawai a ke kai.
E helu i nā kālepa, hoʻopaʻaʻia i loko o kahi kāwele pepa a hoʻopaʻaʻia i loko.
"Ma ka puka makani ua honi wau i kaʻai o Kapalakiko. He mau wahi iʻa ia i kahi e wela ai nā pā a me nā hīnaʻi maikaʻi no kaʻaiʻana, kahi iʻoluʻolu ai nā menus i keʻano o ka haʻalulu me he mea lā i hahaoʻia i loko o nā umu wela a me ka'ōpala. maloʻo a maikaʻi hoʻi eʻai pū ... a me oh, kēlā'eneʻena'eneʻena pālahalaha i'ōwiliʻia i loko o koʻu lumi mai ka hale aliʻiʻo Chinatona, e kanu ana me nā spaghetti sauces o North Beach, ka laʻi polu o ka Wharf's Fisherman - nay, nā iwiʻaoʻao. E hoʻopili hou i nā kikowaena! E kiola i loko o ka Market Street poho, redhot, a me nā pīlaʻi pīlaʻi pīlaʻi o ka wino pōʻeleʻele, a me nā kīkī kani mai Sausilito ma'ō aku o ke kai kūʻono, aʻo ia koʻuʻemo - no Kapalakiko. "
--Jack Kerouac