The second edition of the popular guide for travelers, road warriors and everyone who wants to eat healthfully and have fun in mainland USA. Great for vegetarians, vegans and all health conscious travelers. A labor-of-love of the authors. This treasure trove of more than 1,000 hand-picked eating places now includes "hot tips" for cool stops to check out on the road. Printed on recycled paper with vegetable-based ink, The Tofu Tollbooth came about when a vegetarian folk singer (Dar Williams, in this case) hit the road and faced the dilemma of eating meatless in America. Teaming up with Elizabeth Zipern (author of Grateful Dead cookbook Cooking with the Dead ), Williams put together a compendium of handpicked natural-food stores and eating spots across the USA. More than merely an organic food resource, The Tofu Tollbooth emanates charm and congeniality as well as details and addresses. The key to amenities (including deli, bakery, café, juice bar, salad bar, filtered water machine, wheelchair access, co-op, beer/wine, and coffee to go) is characterized by appealing hand-drawn icons, and the authors mention other useful tidbits of information as well, such as what's nearby that's worth a visit. The guide contains more than 1,000 health-food options, and for each site, the concise write-ups contain address and phone number, directions from the highways (a wonderful addition), hours of operation, and the parade of cute icons that let you know what to expect to find there (once you memorize that the face with beret stands for café, the carrot in a glass denotes juice bar, and the hot pepper means an especially hot tip). Whether you're performing on tour, traveling with the family, or road tripping on business, it's nice to link up museums, romantic lookouts, night life, and hiking trails with locations that sell soy milk, fresh produce, and organic chocolate. You might not eat another McDonald's desperation dinner ever again. --Stephanie Gold "Well this is just great! A million thanks for this!" -- Jonathan Fishman of Phish The Tofu Tollbooth should find a place in any health-conscious traveler's suitcase -- Arthur Frommer's Daily Newsletter, August 24, 1998 Out of the hundreds of books we receive, here are 1998's most notable: Smartest Cross-Country Guide - The Tofu Tollbooth . -- Eating Well, Nov./Dec. 1998 You're driving down an endless highway in Wyoming counting the miles between "You're in Cow Country, Eat Beef" signs. Thank goodness you have the Tofu Tollbooth on your dashboard. How else could you ever have found that organic salad bar in Jackson. Or that community coop in Utah?....Tips on nearby hiking, hostels and places to just watch the sunset make it invaluable on your nest trip. -- anonymous reader At last, the second edition of the Tofu Tollbooth , a book by and for travelers that helps you to stay healthy at home and on the road. The Tofu Tollbooth is a treasure trove of hand picked natural and organic food stores and other great places to stop, eat and take a breather in the forty-eight contiguous states. It's the essential guide to good eating. Praise for the Tofu Tollbooth ... "Well, this is just great! I'm on the road eight months of the year and for lack of a book such as this my eating habits usually go to pot until I get home. A million thanks for this!" - Jonathan Fishman of "Phish" "This book has gotten our band back and forth across the United States countless times. Even the non-vegetarians enjoy the places we found with the Tofu Tollbooth ." - Jill Cuniff of Luscious Jackson. " The Tofu Tollbooth is one of the most useful books I use in the store. It's indispensable!" - Annie Avery, owner of The Green Earth Natural Foods "For the vagabond vegetarian... The Tofu Tollbooth belongs on the dashboard and in the backpack of any wandering minstrel who yearns for an alternative to cows and chickens." - Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls Dar Williams is one of the best known names on the contemporary folk scene. She wrote this book so she could survive on the road. Sample entry: Nashville, Tennessee Donnie at sunshine Grocery Natural Foods has great Nashville recommendations. Go hiking at Radnor Lake, check out Peaceful Planet, a vegetarian lunch buffet on Division St., and don't miss Nashville's music scene! Donnie suggests Cafe Milano, a jazz club downtown on 3rd Avenue, and for Bluegrass, check out the Station Inn. The legendary Bluebird Cafe is famous for great folk and country music. Sample entry: Nederland, Colorado Nestled in a beautiful little region of the Rockies, Nederland has a stunning view of the continental divide. Mountain People's Co-op has been member owned and operated since 1979. "We are sort of a little oasis here in the mountains for travelers who are into natural foods," say staffers. "We also serve the mountain communities." Sample entry:Portland, Maine Check out the Portland Museum of Art, The Pepper Club (mostly vegetarian), The Great Lost