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By Morgan Murphy
If you really want to learn a place, eat the food of its people. Museums, cultural tours, and monuments may tell a good story, but one bite of a region's cuisine relays generations of heritage, traditions, and family pride. Next time you're on a road trip, go beyond the ho-hum chain restaurants and explore a little. You'll be glad you did. To get to know my beloved South, try these 10 spots from my book, Southern Living's Off the Eaten Path.
Photo Caption: Snappy Lunch in Mayberry, NC. Tennessee Wanderer/Flickr.com