Regional Specialty Quotes

I grew up in Italy, so for me, Naples pizza is the only type of pizza that there really is.

I'm from North Carolina, so I am really picky about my fried chicken.

I love a fry-up. They don't do them in the States.

I grew up in North Carolina, and they have a soft drink called Sun Drop. I love the diet version of it. It's the greatest thing on the face of the earth. I always have it in my fridge - bus fridge and home fridge.

I actually haven't had a Chicago-style hot dog.

I'm Southern, so alligator tail is pretty interesting and yummy.

Thin crust, provolone cheese, marinara sauce - it's just a St. Louis thing. That's what I grew up eating.

I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.

I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!

I grew up in Cincinnati, the birthplace of the creamiest and most delicious ice cream with the hugest chocolate chips. Graeter's used to be available only regionally, but an extravagant thing you could do was overnight-ship six pints to another state, in dry ice.

It's true what they say: Nothing tastes quite like the East River.

I come from a family with a long tradition in shoemaking, and I still live in a region famous for its shoemakers. It is getting harder and harder to find skilled workers. There are no professional training institutes, so we have to train our own employees. And an apprenticeship takes three years.

In Baltimore, soft crabs are always fried (or broiled) in the altogether, with maybe a small jock-strap of bacon added.