A countdown featuring the best places to eat fried chicken includes restaurants in Portland, Ore., and South Carolina. Also: sides like biscuits, waffles and donuts.

Restaurant versions of Thanksgiving favorites, including turkey, mac and cheese, potatoes and pies, are highlighted during the Season 2 premiere. Featured: a Creole-smoked feast in New Orleans; and a dessert smorgasbord in California.

The title of best sandwich in America is up for grabs. Among the contenders: piled-high pastrami; a mouthwatering meatball hero; and a tantalizing torta.

A countdown of the best diner food in America includes waffles on the West Coast and a meaty classic in Texas.

The best places to eat during the holiday season are counted down. Included: New York City for Hanukkah; Santa Fe for tamales; and buffets in Las Vegas. Also making the list: steak; Feast of the Seven Fishes; and carved pork.

Restaurants to satisfy a sweet tooth are counted down. Included: a monstrous cake in Chicago; a giant banana dessert in Oakland; and a one-of-a-kind snowy treat in New Orleans.

A countdown of the Top 5 brunches. Included: saucy Southwestern eggs; cinnamon roll French toast; and pot roast hash.

A countdown of the five best smoky, saucy and savory racks in the United States, including big-as-a-brontosaurus ribs in Texas, Southwestern hot stuff and berry-good ribs from the Carolinas.

A countdown of the best hot and spicy restaurants in the United States, including Caribbean-style jerk wings in New York, a California five-alarm burger, New Orleans gumbo, and Nashville, Tenn., chicken.

A countdown of the restaurants serving up the best chocolate desserts in the United States, including chocolate pizza, brownie pie, hot fudge sundaes, and a cheesecake with chocolate four ways.

A countdown of the best bar food includes beer-soaked sausage, crispy chewy wings, succulent ribs and fully-loaded potatoes.

Restaurants that are serving up romance, from a sparkling skyline and chocolate fantasy in New York, to a cozy fondue for two in the Rockies, a gourmet southern picnic, and rack of lamb with the Pacific coast sunset on the side.

A countdown of the best Italian restaurants in America, features Louisiana lasagna, seafood in Staten Island and Seattle's best handmade pasta.