Food & Wine's Top 10 Food Obsessions

Even superstar chef Thomas Keller is a fan of the West Coast chain In-N-Out—and with good reason. The cooked-to-order burgers are made from Harris Ranch beef and served with hand-cut fries. For a messier, more indulgent experience, order your burger "animal style" for extra sauce and chopped grilled onions.

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Best Burger Recipes

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Chef-co-owner Roberto Caporuscio worked as a cheese salesman in Italy before he opened Kesté, one of the best Neapolitan pizza spots in New York City.

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Perfect Pizza Recipes

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At Lillie's Q in Chicago, chef Charlie McKenna, who has won big on the competitive barbecue circuit, makes five kinds of sauces to go with his meat. These baby back ribs, rubbed with a secret "Carolina dirt" spice rub, are his signature.

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Best Recipes for Barbecue Ribs

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Making cupcakes at Los Angeles-based phenomenon Sprinkles is an art. Creative varieties on offer include Ginger Lemon, Vanilla Milk Chocolate and Chai Latte.

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Fantastic Cupcake Recipes

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The Doughnut Vault started selling big, fresh doughnuts out of a charming Chicago storefront in the spring of 2011, and lines continue from early morning until the handful of flavors sell out. Outside, there's a big communal table for eating old-fashioned, chocolate-glazed and pistachio-covered rings, with $1 cups of coffee.

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Top Doughnut Recipes

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Chicago quick-service joint Crisp turns out six versions of Korean fried chicken. Seoul Sassy birds are dipped in a garlic-ginger-soy blend, dusted with flour and then double-fried for a mysteriously greaseless finish. The Plain Jane's golden, almost translucent coating is the hallmark of the genre.

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Terrific Fried Chicken Recipes

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The 12-foot-tall fiberglass hot dog couple on the roof of Chicago's Superdawg is an homage to founders Maurie and Flaurie Berman, high school sweethearts who married in 1947. The all-beef hot dogs come on a heap of crinkle-cut fries.

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Tricked-Out Hot Dog Recipes

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Toscanini's, an ice cream institution in Cambridge, MA, wins fans with its signature Burnt Caramel flavor. The floor-to-ceiling windows are also superb for people watching on the street.

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Terrific Ice Cream Recipes

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After winning a local bake-off, Allison Kave launched First Prize Pies in Brooklyn with flavors like s'mores. Kave now sells her pies online and at her mother's chocolate stand Roni-Sue's in NYC's Essex Street Market.

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Best Pie Recipes

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San Francisco's Tacolicious prizes local ingredients for its tortilla fillings—like summer squash with grilled Brentwood corn and fried local rock cod with cabbage and tangy crema.

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Awesome Taco Recipes

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