About

Mr B's couldn't be more delighted to welcome Felicity Cloake back to Mr B's (alongside her adorable pooch, Wilf), to discuss her much anticipated new book, Peach Street to Lobster Lane: Coast to Coast in Search of Real American Cuisine.

Determined to prove there's more to American food than burgers and donuts, Peach Street to Lobster Lane sees Felicity embark on the ultimate coast-to-coast adventure by bike, sampling the very best of the US, from Memphis barbecue to crawfish stew.

Felicity Cloake is the multi-award-winning author of the Guardian's long-running How to make the perfect … series and seven books, including former BBC Radio Four Book of the Week One More Croissant for the Road and Red Sauce Brown Sauce, which won the Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year Award in 2023.

About the book:

When the nation's 'taster-in-chief' Felicity Cloake announced her dream to cycle across America, the reactions were … mixed: 'You'll get squashed,' warned a Californian colleague. 'You'll be murdered,' added her mum. Friends panicked: 'But … what will you eat?' Determined to prove there's more to American food than the cartoonish glamour of burgers and donuts (though she tries those too), Felicity embarks on the ultimate coast-to-coast adventure, tackling highways, byways and pieways by bike in an unforgettable election year.

While the news cycle spins with outrage, what she discovers on the ground is far richer: a wildly varied place of warm hospitality, local pride and unforgettable flavours – from crawfish stew to sauerkraut balls, Memphis barbecue to Mission burritos, Italian beef to Tex-Mex gyoza, she dives into iconic dishes and the stories behind them. Drawn to the scale, energy and contrasts of a country as complex as its cuisine, Felicity takes us along for the ride – mile by mile, meal by meal – finding a nation that's welcoming, generous and full of heart where it counts: around the table.

'A glorious freewheel through the culinary quirks and delights of the USA – an unmissable treat!' – Tim Spector

'An exhilarating ride through American cuisine. I felt like I was on the back of the bike, whizzing from plate to plate with chunks of pie in my hair and loving the breeze. It's fast paced, funny and made me very hungry.' – Dawn O'Porter