Product Description

Food Network star Guy Fieri takes you on a tour of America's most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives in this tie-in to his enormously popular television show, complete with recipes, photos, and memorabilia.

Packed with Guy's iconic personality, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives follows his hot-rod trips around the country, mapping out the best places most of us have never heard of. From digging in at legendary burger joint the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, California, baking Peanut Pie from Virginia Diner in Wakefield, Virginia, or kicking back with Pete's "Rubbed and Almost Fried" Turkey Sandwich from Panini Pete's in Fairhope, Alabama, Guy showcases the amazing personalities, fascinating stories, and outrageously good food offered by these American treasures.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-01
• Released on: 2008-10-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From Publishers Weekly
The iron-stomached Fieri, restaurant owner and Food Network personality, has probably choked down more burgers, bacon, pancakes, hash browns and fried eggs than any person should have to, and this dense, photo-packed retrospective allows viewers to replicate many of his favorite restaurants' recipes at home. Like the show, Fieri takes diners on a tour of the country's best local eateries, like Kansas City favorite YJ's Snack Bar, which uses two electric burners and a sidewalk grill to crank out exotic fare from around the world; James Beard Award-winning Al's Breakfast in Minneapolis; and all culinary points in between. The book contains a fair number of predictable classics like coconut cream pie, macaroni and cheese, meatloaf and burgers (including one that's dipped in batter and deep-fried), but has an equal number of interesting riffs such as Cap'n Crunch French Toast, Nut N' Honey Pancakes, Pork and Sweet Potato Empanadas and Chicken Fried Lamb Chops. Viewers' requests are also featured, including the Red Arrow Diner's American Chop Suey. Rounded out with plenty of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and local color, this tour of off-the-beaten-path establishments has enough regional entries to keep culinary road-trippers busy (and full) for many, many miles.
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About the Author

Since Guy Fieri won the second season of The Next Food Network Star, he has been working nonstop. He is the host of Guy's Big Bite, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, and Ultimate Recipe Showdown. An acclaimed chef, Fieri is also the co-owner of Johnny Garlic's California Pasta Grill in Windsor, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, and soon Roseville, California, and Tex Wasabi's in Sacramento and Santa Rosa. He lives in Santa Rosa with his wife and their sons.

Customer Reviews

Very interesting
It was a great book. My brother wanted it for christmas and he really likes it. He thinks it is cool how it talks about all the different places and then has a recipe to go with it.

Such A Fun Cookbook
This is a cookbook for any lover of fun recipes - If you watch the show you will want this book - It has alot of good & easy recipes - I wish I could visit the locations in person - but this is the next best thing

Not As Good As The Show
If you have bought this book or are considering buying it, you are probably a fan of the show. I really dig the show and had to have this book. If you have ever tried to go on Food Network and get a list of the places that the show has gone to, or if you are going on a trip and vaguely recall that there was a place nearby that you wanted to check out, forget it. Guy's website is the pits for conveniently having that information handy. So along comes the book and, presto, here's your list! At least that problem is partially solved (the new season's locations aren't in it). The book is laid out as you might expect: a brief page or two for each location along with a recipe or two. The book itself isn't much to get excited about. The photo work is blah - not much color jumps out to interest the eye. The rim-shot humor from the show doesn't come through in written form. The recipes are okay, with some zeroing in on the most interesting dishes from some locations, while other recipes miss the mark entirely, leaving you to wonder, "Where did that one come from?" Guy isn't a food writer but the co-author, Ann Volkwein, is. She produced an outstanding Italian cookbook called "The Arthur Avenue Cookbook" which should have won awards if it hasn't already, so I felt a little let down by this recent effort. But, hey, if you like the show, you'll want the book. It's inexpensive as cookbooks go and it isn't supposed to be a slick, coffee table cookbook, but don't be surprised if it doesn't leave you wishing that the recipes were a little more on-track with the episodes.