You might know him from Top Chef or Mind of a Chef, but Chef Edward Lee is also an advocate for US road trips.
We talked with him about American diversity, fried chicken, his book “Buttermilk Graffiti,” and, of course, cake vs. pie.
Road Trip Elegy
There is no better way to meet America than to get in a car and drive. But it’s not about the driving itself. Pam Mandel explores just what it is about road trips that keeps us coming back for more.
Parks & Wrecks
The Statesider, Issue 13: National Park travel stories, Airstream fever, the fight over accessibility, a park for ghost ships, and Yosemite’s historic names restored.
Best of The Statesider, Vol. 1
The Statesider, Issue 12: The top stories from our first six months, plus our summer book list.
Hey Baby, It’s the Fourth of July
The Statesider, Issue 11: A parade of Americana abroad, from German cowboy cosplay to Japan’s Jackson Hole – plus mac and cheese in American Samoa & homesick Americans.
Gibberglish
Seattle writer Marika Malaea recalls her first trip to American Samoa to meet her birth family, a trip filled with big expectations about what awaits her. Reality, as always, has its own plans.