Chuck's Eat the Street

Philadelphia is good at starting things, revolutions and new forms of government, as well as culinary uprisings large and small. On Walnut Street, Chuck Hughes discovers Pickled Watermelon and Poutine topped with Fried Eggs.

Food of Memphis, Tenn.;.peanut butter and banana pancakes; soulful barbeque; chess pie; fried catfish.

Chuck tastes it all, including an underappreciated fish that gets its moment to shine in a delicate Pollock stew at Farmer's Table. Chuck also experiences the best sticky buns outside Paris at Standard Baking.

In Alaska, the views are amazing as the food. Chuck Hughes heads to Fourth Avenue to sample traditional Russian dumplings. Chuck goes fishing for salmon and Reuben Gerber pan-sears it with an orange gastrique in the Crow's Nest.