Clara Whitmore

This is not a one-napkin sandwich. Beef on weck looks simple until the horseradish gets involved. Then lunch…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 14

Chrome, counter stools, and a griddle working overtime. Breakfast already has the right soundtrack. Massachusetts still has diners…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 13

Usually, “finders keepers” gets complicated when diamonds are involved. Not here. In Arkansas, you can walk into a…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 13

Here is the trouble with chasing waterfalls in Georgia: one is rarely enough. You hear the first one…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 12

Cannoli are small edible confidence tests. The shell cracks. The filling tries to escape. Powdered sugar lands wherever…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 12

Secure the coffee. The passenger is about to become a full-time lookout. This mountain road runs for roughly…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 11

This fort was never really about soldiers. It was about business. Back in the 1800s, people came here…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 11

White barbecue sauce? Yes, Alabama has some explaining to do. It has been part of Alabama barbecue since…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 10

Lamb or mutton? In southeastern South Dakota, that choice comes with generations of history. Chislic has been part…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 10

If traffic stops here, do not reach for the horn. Look for horns. In South Dakota’s Black Hills,…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 9

If a sea turtle can make you stop mid-sentence, this place is already doing its job. You might…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 9

What if I told you Vermont has a place where ten Golden Retrievers can all decide you are…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 8

Open water gets the postcards. Narrow blackwater creeks get the better stories. Here, your kayak slips between cypress…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 8

Bring cash, keep a few napkins nearby, and consider your expectations officially upgraded. That is about all the…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 7

A corn husk should not carry this much local history. And yet, here we are. These hot tamales…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 7

You look up. Then you keep looking. This rock formation does not ease into the landscape. It rises…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 6

You are not driving past a giant lumberjack and a blue ox without at least slowing down. Be…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 6

Pie has office hours here. Seven days a week. That gives you options. Still, the smartest move happens…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 5

Country ham is supposed to be the headline here. The sweet potato biscuits keep stealing copy. That feels…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 5

Here is the trouble with a lake this easygoing: every ambitious plan starts sounding negotiable. You may bring…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 4

By the third identical wall of corn, everyone in your group becomes a navigation expert. Strange how that…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 4

Breakfast envy is real. It usually arrives on somebody else’s plate. You were perfectly happy with eggs until…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 3

Okay, settle this before anyone gets too comfortable. Are we grilling, bubbling, or doing both? Because once the…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 3

Okay, I need you to be realistic about the size of your bedroom. Because with one look at…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 2

Tell yourself you are only checking one more aisle. Antique malls love that kind of confidence. Here, dealer…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 2

Listen, if you are already thinking about the crock, I am not going to talk you out of…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 1

The stairs go down, but your appetite is about to head the other way. Below street level, this…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 1

Keep your eyes on the road. Mostly because the road is about to disappear. Out over the water,…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 30

Black bears are apparently not reading the same Tennessee travel guides we are. Their range stretches well beyond…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 30

Okay, hear me out. You pick up a side-by-side in Meeteetse, point it toward the mountains, and go…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 29

This view feels like somebody skipped a few miles of hiking on your behalf. The rim sits about…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 29

The beach here has a disappearing act built into the schedule. At low tide, pieces of an ancient…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 28

Your car can take the afternoon off. Once you are parked, nearly everything worth getting distracted by sits…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 28

This farm seems to live two very different versions of fall. They are not especially similar. Come during…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 27

Most roadside attractions begin with a pretty simple question. Who looked at this and decided to keep going?…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 27

Oyster crackers are usually a side note. Here, they know exactly what room they walked into. The bowl…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 26

Brown paper on the table is usually a clue that dinner is about to get hands-on. Here, blue…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 26

She-crab soup already sounds like it has a story to tell. Here, it gets a pretty good backdrop…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 25

Chicken and dumplings do not usually come with the possibility of buying a lamp afterward. Here, they can.…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 25