Minorcan clam chowder looks like Manhattan clam chowder, and a first taste reinforces the resemblance. But soon a glow starts at the back of the throat, and after a few mouthfuls the heat begins to build. Midway through a bowl, your tongue is on fire and your lips feel as if they might go numb. … Continue reading Datil Be Fine
Datil Be Fine
April 1st, 2021 by Michael Stern
House Rules
August 7th, 2019 by Roadfood Team
Originally Published 2000 Gourmet Magazine by Jane and Michael Stern FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, the Hopkins boarding house in the North Hill district of Pensacola, Florida, offered the best deal in town. The price for a room was always right—but what made this address so extraordinary was that the rent included meals. Spectacular meals. Platters … Continue reading House Rules
Key West, Florida
July 29th, 2019 by Lorelai Dunn
By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1997 Gourmet Magazine In April 1982 citizens of Key West seceded from the Union. Their insurrection was provoked by the U.S. Border Patrol, which had started searching everyone who traveled between mainland Florida and the Keys. The blockade was abandoned, but the short-lived revolt confirmed a long-known fact: … Continue reading Key West, Florida
Gimme Shelter
July 29th, 2019 by Lorelai Dunn
By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1997 Gourmet Magazine After a good day of boldly eating where no food writers have eaten before—truck stops, diners, smoke shacks, even the occasional scurrilous road-house that anchors its chairs to the floor so they can’t be thrown through windows—we have to fight the urge to seek out … Continue reading Gimme Shelter
Dixie Crossroads
July 24th, 2019 by Michael Stern
Rock shrimp Once upon a time, rock shrimp were thought of as trash. If a Florida fisherman went trawling in the deep waters of the Atlantic for easy-to-peel white shrimp but decked a thousand pounds of tough-hulled rock shrimp instead, he’d heave the hard heads back into the drink and curse his bad luck. Today, … Continue reading Dixie Crossroads