Centennial, CO: We're planning a Freeport, Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Kennebunkport trip to Maine next month and are interested in best small places for lobster, of course but also other foods - my husband doesn't eat seafood!

Jane and Michael Stern: Not eating seafood can be a serious handicap along the coast of Maine, where Harraseeket Lobster in Freeport and the Clam Shack in Kennebunkport are at the top of the summer/fall seafood scale. If, however, your husband likes hot dogs, Maine is a great state to eat them ... especially with the hot relish in which so many shoreline places specialize. Also, look for pies (at Moody's Diner in Waldoboro), great burgers (at Harmon's in Falmouth, north of Portland) and terrific hot-lunch sandwiches at the Maine Diner down in Wells. And if you'd like something fancier, Fore Street in Portland is one of the nation's great urban upscale restaurants -- plenty of non-seafood choices there.

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Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Firenze, Italia: Hey Michael, Sue and Bruce here - all of Italy is Roadfood! Check it out!

Jane and Michael Stern: Hi, Bruce and Sue (members of the roadfood.com team)! I would love to say I will hop right on a plane and meet you for something Florentine ... but I do have a nice chili dog planned for lunch here this afternoon. :)

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Bucks County, PA: We are trailering our horses to Danbury CT for trail riding in Tarrywile Park. Are there any good eats within riding distance?

Jane and Michael Stern: Across from Tarrywile Park on the other side of Mountainville Road, you can ride through the Danbury nature preserve and find yourself at JK's Texas Wieners, a Danbury dog house on South Street that has been around since the 1930s. Alas, there is no hitching post or ride-up window. If you happen to be riding your horses through the park next year around mid-August, the raspberry bushes are loaded with the best little berries you have ever eaten for about 10 days or until the birds swoop down.

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New York, NY: Hey Michael, I'm planning a fall foliage tour in Massachusetts next month. Any tips for great roadfood near or around Boston? Thanks!

Jane and Michael Stern: Oh, yes. Where to start? In Cambridge, you need to have ice cream at Christina's. In Boston, Durgin-Park is large, rude and touristy, but it is true-blue Yankee. Going north of the city, have a roast beef sandwich at Nick's in Beverly or Kelly's at Revere Beach. And if you get to Cape Ann, see if the Clam Box is still open: the best fried clams anywhere. Also, in Essex, there are Woodman's and the Village, both open year-around.

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