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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes!
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 neve
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Diners, Drive-Ins, Dives
By Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein
Review by Michael Wallace
“Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” is a book written by Guy Fieri, cuisine genius. He also has a hit TV s how with him as the host. Guy travels all around the country in search of the best and most unique restaurants, hence the name. This book contains a collection of Guy’s reviews of the restaurants and recipes from these culinary adventures around the country.
If you have ever seen the TV show “Diners, Drive-ins, and Div...more
By Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein
Review by Michael Wallace
“Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” is a book written by Guy Fieri, cuisine genius. He also has a hit TV s how with him as the host. Guy travels all around the country in search of the best and most unique restaurants, hence the name. This book contains a collection of Guy’s reviews of the restaurants and recipes from these culinary adventures around the country.
If you have ever seen the TV show “Diners, Drive-ins, and Div...more
While I typically enjoy DDD and don't mind Fieri, his gimmicky vocabulary finally got to me about halfway through. If it weren't for the fact I borrowed the book, I would've thrown it if I had to read the word "Flavortown" one more time...
The recipes weren't that interesting and, in many cases, were for things he wasn't even raving about in the text. They might mean more to me if I had actually eaten at any of these places, but unfortunately I have not. What this book is good at it is giving the...more
The recipes weren't that interesting and, in many cases, were for things he wasn't even raving about in the text. They might mean more to me if I had actually eaten at any of these places, but unfortunately I have not. What this book is good at it is giving the...more
I love Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and thought I would check out this book to see if it had some of the recipes I have heard on the show. The book takes us throughout the country to place Fieri has visited on the show. The intros to each location are typical Guy Fieri and really remind me of the show. He does give us a lot of background and reminds us about what makes the place special. I really enjoyed the pictures and the guy asides. I didn't try any of the recipes and some of them are definit...more
Dec 31, 2011
Angel
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2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
hardcore fans of DDD & other Food Network fans
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This is an ok book to browse. Especially neat to find those places in your state. If you are a fan of the show, you will probably like this book very much. I am not a fan of the show. I like the idea of the show-- finding those unique eateries that are a piece of Americana and give you great memories of a road trip or a good meal or both. However, I can't really stand Guy Fieri. I did watch the show in the early seasons, but as his schtick seemed to just get worse, I got tired of it and stopped...more
Oct 22, 2008
Misfit
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4 of 5 stars
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And one book I will take on my next road trip - although why CaveMan Chicken is not in here......
Guy Fieri from the Food Channel takes the reader on a tour of his favorite Diners Drive-Ins and Dives around the country. The book is broken up into regional sections - Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest and West & Southwest. Each place gets a two page bit with pictures describing the restaurant, its history, owners and their specialty to fame. There's also a box on a sidebar called "Trac...more
Guy Fieri from the Food Channel takes the reader on a tour of his favorite Diners Drive-Ins and Dives around the country. The book is broken up into regional sections - Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest and West & Southwest. Each place gets a two page bit with pictures describing the restaurant, its history, owners and their specialty to fame. There's also a box on a sidebar called "Trac...more
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives is the companion book to Guy Fieri's show of the same name on the Food Network. It's one of my favorite shows on the Food Network and he is one of my favorite chefs. The book however, while containing intersting information about the different establishments is a little disappointing with the recipes. Most of the recipes given by the diner chefs have "secret ingredients" that are not given. So even if you make them at home, they won't taste the same as what you have e...more
I love finding off the wall dives when travelling. Guy Fieri shared recipes from some of the diners he's stopped in throughout the U.S. I can't wait to try the recipes for Captain Crunch French Toast, Chunky Monkey Pancakes, and Three Cheese Macaroni & Cheese. My main complaint with this cookbook is it showed pictures of food, which made my mouth water, but didn't have recipes; and it didn't include pictures of the food it had recipes for.
Woo Hoo! My copy is signed by the man himself. My friends and I are playing Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives BINGO, and we've been to many places out here in SoCal. Kalua Pork Egg Rolls at the North End Kaffe, the Mess at Schooner or Later, and absolutely EVERYTHING at the At Last Cafe! We never would have found those places if not for Triple D. This book has some great recipes, and I can't wait to pick up the next volume.
This was just a fun read. As a big fan of the show, I was hoping for more signature recipes, but I also understand a business being reluctant to give up that information. Still, it was great to read some of the history behind the eateries, learn some of their secrets, and have a few laughs along the way. Would have liked to see more pictures of restaurants and staff and less of Guy, but hey, it's his show :)
I have watched Guy Fieri on TV and have enjoyed his show. I wanted something that wasn't deep reading and thought this would fit the bill. It did. I just didn't find it very interesting and, since I don't cook and there are many recipes in this book, I really was rather bored. So, if you are interested in recipes from some interesting diners, look at this book. You might like it.
Just a book to peruse, unless it hits a "Dive" from somewhere you've lived or visited, then you might read the blurb. I found just one recipe I wanted to try, and I'd give it 5 stars. The Blue Ribbon Cinnamon Rolls - I have never had a dough turn out so good (sorry Pioneer Woman), and using my own frosting recipe, the family absolutely loved these "Cinnabon" sized treats.
This cook book was ok. Not really inspiring, but a bit unique. I, personally, am not into all of that meat and grease, but this book might just tickle your fancy if you are catering a Super Bowl Party or like to roast anything that is dead over a fire pit and slather it with sauce. Perfect coffee table book for a man cave.
Very interesting! Guy Fieri travels to various restaurants across the United States on his way to "Flavortown". During his visits, we learn about the history of the restaurant and obtain a recipe or two from there.
The only thing that would have made this book better was if he had chosen a place or two in Ohio!
The only thing that would have made this book better was if he had chosen a place or two in Ohio!
Do you ever watch Guy's Food Network show, "Diners, Drive-Ins , and Dives"? And like it? If so, this book is for you.
He describes some of the places that he has reviewed; for each, he also shows an illustrative recipe. Yummie!
I do enjoy this show. If you do, you will like this book.
He describes some of the places that he has reviewed; for each, he also shows an illustrative recipe. Yummie!
I do enjoy this show. If you do, you will like this book.
Another one of my guilty pleasures, cooking shows and cookbooks. I'm not too worried about making any of these recipes because they all usually use some type of an industrial deep fryer! I'm glad that I don't have one, they scare me. These type of cookbooks are fun to read and look through.
I like Triple D, I like Guy Fieri, but 200+ pages "guyisms" and the use of the phrase "Flavortown" on every other page started to grate on my nerves midway through. It was nice to have the some recipes for the featured restaurants and to revisit and learn more about the restaurants.
this would have been a much better cookbook if there had been more pictures of the actual food. also, color pics would have been nice. it's not like it was cheap. the feasting on asphalt book was a much better package.
Not so much in the way of technique and cooking science but a lot of good fun recipes from some great local businesses that sure could use the spotlight. Recommended for fans of grill food and sloppy meals!
Fun book. Not the greatest recipes, but the stories of different diners across America are interesting. I wanted this book because it feature one of my local favorite dive. Worth the money.
I love diners and home cooked meals. Who doesn't watch this show and love Guido? The book offers interesting notes about the diners presented and some great recipes also!
This show is the greatest guilty pleasure around!!! The book echoes his homeboy style and the stories of the eateries are more interesting than the recipes.
Our family is addicted to this show. Fieri is such a showman!! We found a restaurant in Maine he "found" that we can visit on our vacation.
A must read for any Triple D fan. The book is full of commentary and history of the show, not to mention some crave worthy recipes from the show.
I love his Food Network show, but this cookbook didn't draw me in like I wanted it to. I'm not dying to make any of the recipes.
Love this! We watch this show whenever we can find it! I remember some of the episodes chronicled in the book yum!
Lots of yummy and easy recipes....Try the Capn'Crunch French Toast!
I wanna hit some of these places and try them.
I wanna hit some of these places and try them.
This was fun to look at and I enjoyed revisiting each place. I liek the transcript format of this book.
added several spots to visit and recipes to try, fun to read about all those good-sounding-bad-for-you foods!
This may have good recipes but I didn't like the set up. Hard to find what your looking for.
this is a great reference book if you like eating at original places with great food
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Guy Fieri is an American restaurateur, author, television personality, and game show host. He co-owns five restaurants in California and is widely known for his television series on the Food Network.
By mid-2010, the Food Network had made Fieri the "face of the network." In 2010, the New York Times reported that Fieri brought an "element of rowdy, mass-market culture to American food television," a...more
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By mid-2010, the Food Network had made Fieri the "face of the network." In 2010, the New York Times reported that Fieri brought an "element of rowdy, mass-market culture to American food television," a...more
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