STORY AND PHOTOS BY
Elizabeth Selmarten

Elizabeth Selmarten really likes food. Because of this, she documents her journey through the culinary world of America, finishing plates and emptying cups everywhere she goes. 

Chimneyville Smokehouse – Jackson, Mississippi

Pulled pork plate with mac & cheese, green beans, blackberry cobbler, roll and sweet tea

Deanie’s Seafood – New Orleans, Louisiana

Barbecue Shrimp

Papa Del’s – Champaign, Ill.

Chicago deep dish pizza

Torchy’s Tacos – Webster, Texas

Tacos

Epcot – Disneyworld, Florida

Frozen desert violet lemonade

Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint – Nashville, Tenn.

Bar-B-Que pulled pork and mac & cheese

Innisfree – Boulder, Colo.

Mocha

Rusty Scupper – Baltimore, Md.

Jumbo crab cake, rice pilaf, green beans and carrots

Ralph & Kacoo’s – Baton Rouge, La.

Seafood Gumbo

Rock City – Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Mulligan Stew

Dangerously Delicious Pies – Washington D.C.

Chocolate pecan pie

Tupelo Honey Cafe – Knoxville, Tenn.

Fried Chicken, biscuits and gravy

Luella’s – Asheville, N.C.

Pulled pork sandwich, mac & cheese, coleslaw and hush puppies

Shenandoah Pizza – Staunton, Va

Woodrow pizza

ShoeBootie’s Cafe – Murphy, N.C.

Lobster Bisque

Farmers & Distillers – Washington D.C.

Washington’s club and fries

Emeril’s Nola – New Orleans, La.

Deconstructed King cake