Roadfood.com - The Roadfood Team

Active Members of the RoadFood Team

Roadfood.com was conceived in 2000 as a website devoted to finding the most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America. The entire Roadfood Team has contributed thousands of hours of their personal time to create and enhance Roadfood.com so that you, the user, can enjoy the many features of the site. Unlike many dotcom ventures, Roadfood.com is an entirely volunteer effort launched with no expectation of ever making money. Our compensation comes from the hundreds of positive e-mail comments we receive each month, the notoriety generated from the many news articles and stories written about the site and the awards and recognition presented to Roadfood.com for its design and content. We welcome all new users and hope that if you find our site useful, you will tell your friends to stop by for a visit and a great meal.

We would like to introduce you to the following people on the Roadfood team:

Jane and Michael Stern drive around America looking for good food. After meeting at Yale, where they came to study art, they began a collaboration that has yielded over forty books, including the good-eats guide Roadfood, cookbooks Square Meals and American Gourmet, and pop-culture best-sellers Elvis World, The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste, and Way Out West. The Sterns have won three James Beard journalism awards for their monthly column in Gourmet magazine, which takes readers to the best restaurants in small towns and cities all around the country. They are weekly contributors to "The Splendid Table" on Public Radio.

Stephen Rushmore, Jr. is the visionary behind Roadfood.com and RoadfoodDigest.com. What started as a portfolio piece in the software development phase of his career has practically turned into a full-time job. Along with the support of many volunteers listed below, Stephen oversees web-site administration, business development, and software development. In 2002, Stephen joined HVS, a global hospitality consulting firm, and is currently the Chief Operating Officer. In his free time, Stephen loves to play ultimate Frisbee, ski, and stay active so he can eat more Roadfood!

Tony is lazy and he owes me a bio write-up!

Sue Boyle and Bruce Bilmes met in 1975 in the land of spiedies. Together, they write reviews for Roadfood.com, as well as contribute to The Roadfood Digest. Bruce is also the Restaurants and Reviews Editor for Roadfood.com, and he composes the weekly Roadfood.com poll. Astrological signs: Sue is an Abbott’s hot lobster roll and Bruce is a Pepe’s white clam pie.

Al Bowen joined the Roadfood Team as a Moderator and Forum Administrator after several years of active participation as a posting member on the website and two decades of using the print resources of the Stern's in his travels. A retired Educator with Graduate Degree's in Economics and Educational Administration, Al worked in several eastern states before completing his career in his home state of California in 2000. He and his wife Janet are active in the Roadfood Social World of "Meet N Eat's", attending gatherings of Roadfood members around the country to share good food and good times. Located near Louisville, Kentucky, Al has found that the Roadfood Activities are an important part of his retirement lifestyle.

Paul Smith is one of the leading forum posters for Roadfood. What started as a hobby for Paul has led to a true contributor for Roadfood as one of the current moderators. A former Director of Operations with a major pharmaceutical company, and although retired, is currently a consultant with another major pharmaceutical company. Paul has a BS/MBA and is a Medical Laboratory Professional, specializing in Hematology. During his career, he has had the opportunity of traveling to experience the diversity of foods in several places including traveling to all 50 states, all of Canada South America, Central America and all of Europe, etc. Roadfood is not the only hobby that Paul shares; he is an avid Bird watcher, a car clean freak, a NASCAR and NHRA Fan as a former owner of a NHRA race team, and a Landscaper.

Mike is lazy and he owes me a bio write-up!

Larry is a Moderator on the Forums, and he and his family were Roadfood people before they knew Roadfood even existed. Living and traveling all over the east coast provided plenty of opportunity to seek out good local food while exploring back roads in every state. Now that their youngest is off to college, Larry and wife look forward to more travel and better roadfood.

Marc Bruno has been with Roadfood.com since the beginning and is a co-organizer of the very popular Roadfood eating tours. Marc has been working in the food service division of Aramark since he graduated from the Cornell Hotel School. His speciality is managing unique and challenging events. For over a decade he has been responsible for the food service at the Summer and Winter Olympics!