More Retro Diner: A Second Helping of Roadside Recipes

From the roadsides of American highways and main streets, MORE RETRO DINER is the scrumptious sequel to the best-selling RETRO DINER, celebrating the vinyl booths, bar stools, milkshakes, french fries, and meatloaves of classic diner-style food. Beaconing from the neon signs of diners across the country, blue plate specials, grilled cheese sandwiches, and hamburgers have satisfied the tastes of road-weary travelers and neighborhood regulars for decades. Diner food is comfort food. Sidling up to the counter in Anytown, USA, you ’re sure to find a menu full of recognizable favorites —easy on the tummy and easy on the wallet. Filled with vintage photographs, graphics, signs, and colorful food, MORE RETRO DINER includes recipes for all the fried egg sandwiches, fluffy pancakes, and chocolate malts you could ever want to make, selected from popular diner menus across the country. Whether you ’re looking to recreate that late-night special in your own kitchen or enjoy the memories and nostalgia of diner culture, MORE RETRO DINER has you covered.

RANDY GARBIN founded Roadside Magazine in 1990, a publication devoted to exploring the back roads and Main Streets of America with a special focus on the American diner. He has eaten in over a thousand roadside restaurants, brew pubs, diners, barbecue joints, and clam shacks from coast to coast. He currently publishes and edits the website RoadsideOnline.com and works as a restaurant consultant. His book Diners of New England, a guide to the classic diners in that region, was published by Stackpole Books in 2005. He has contributed to USA Today, Conde Nast Traveler, Oxford American Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, and New York State Encyclopedia. Randy currently lives in the Philadelphia area.

TERI DUNN is an author, editor, and consultant to magazines and mail-order catalogs. As the editor of Roadside and By the Way magazines for many years, she has traveled widely in the United States and enjoys diners and other roadside restaurants, admiring their unique architecture as well as eating in them. She currently makes her home on Cape Ann, Massachusetts.