The 62nd Annual Strawberry Festival in Adairville began last Saturday, and continues through next Saturday, the 17th.  You've already missed the 5K Run, the Car, Truck, & Tractor Show, the Little Miss Pageant and the Sr. Miss Pageant, and the Arts Affair.  Not to worry, however, there's plenty more still to come!  There'll be rides, entertainment on the square, Pets & Kids On Parade, a pancake breakfast, crafts on the square, a reenactment of a duel involving Andrew Jackson, and much, much more.  And of course, plenty of strawberry ice cream and strawberry shortcake!  For more info, click here.

Do you prefer the meatiness and ease of access of the tail?  Or the tenderness and succulence of the claw?  Or maybe you're one of those weirdos who like the tomalley best of all.  The never-ending debate over which parts of the lobster offer the best eating is continued in this AP article on the MSNBC website.  Our personal choice: the knuckles.

A chase scene set in 1957 from the new Indiana Jones movie was shot in New Haven, CT, and the city wants to celebrate.  They are planning an Indiana Jones-themed festival for this Saturday that will include music, classic cars used in the film, and contests.  Claire Criscuolo, owner of Claire's Corner Copia, has created a new scone for the event, named Kingdom of the Crystal Scone.  This scone will contain crystallized ginger, cranberries, and blueberries.  Sounds like reason enough to show up!

Read more about the event here.

For those individuals lucky enough to live in eternally-warm locales, ice cream is often a year-round staple. In New England, however, local ice cream is more often a seasonal indulgence constrained by days on the calendar such as Memorial and Labor Day. With the recent sprouting of the leaves on the trees, however, has come the season openings of some of our favorite local ice cream shacks and stands. As a result, the past two weeks have been a mad ice cream frenzy highlighted by a decadent Chocolate Lace and Rich Chocolate sundae at Dr. Mike’s in Bethel, a hefty helping of Toasted Almond (on the CT Meet and Greet) at Big Dipper in Prospect, and a double scoop of Maple Walnut and Grapenut at We-Li-Kit in Pomfret. Pictured above are before and during shots of our Dr. Mike's sundae with everything (meaning gobs of hot fudge and a small mountain of freshly whipped cream!).

When I think good pork, I think of the South's barbecue and country ham, but a visit to my favorite local Latin-American deli, Amigo's, reminded me how great pork can be when served with a Spanish accent. Usually, I go for the Cuban sandwich at Amigo's, but this plate of pork with black beans and yellow rice, topped with onions and peppers, was a small pork epiphany.

The Chattanoogan has used the appearance of Zarzour's Cafe in the brand new edition of Roadfood as a jumping off point for an article about Zarzour's and the new book.  The cafe was opened in 1918 and has been in the same family ever since.  Says the Chattanoogan, "Just how Jane and Michael Stern initially found the café is anyone’s guess."  They also refer to Jane and Michael as "road-weary and asphalt-beaten"! 

The winner of last week's Roadfood.com poll: the sweetness of sugar cones narrowly beat the large capacity of the waffle cone.  In the poll thread, someone mentions dropping a mini-marshmallow in the cone before loading the ice cream.  This very clever idea prevents ice cream drippage out the bottom, but are we the only ones who enjoy biting off the bottom point and sucking the ice cream out?  No, we are not 6-year-olds, all evidence to the contrary!

Jane and Michael Stern extoll the virtues of fiery chicken at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack of Nashville, TN during this weekend's appearance on Lynne Rossetto Kasper's The Splendid Table.  If you can't catch the show on radio, listen to it online.

Daly's is a victim of office/condo development.  Read about it in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

From Michael Stern's review: "As for ambience, the place is supremely casual. Place your order and pay, then carry your own food to a table or a nice counter seat where you have a sunny water view. We thought the service was mighty friendly and we relished the idea of eating regional seafood in so casual a setting. It's what Roadfood is all about."

"Birth of a Nation" shocked you!  "Gone With the Wind" amazed you!  "Ben-Hur" thrilled you!  Now, in the proud tradition of these great epics comes an epic for the 21st century!  Follow along as this humble gentleman from Pittsburgh, known by the single name buffetbuster, traverses the great state of Texas in search of Roadfood nirvana, and in the process achieves Roadfood greatness!

Yes, "the stars at night are big and bright" when buffetbuster travels through the heart of Texas.

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