Food Network Magazine's Top Ten Best Eats in America

Food Network Magazine hunted down the best sweets, comfort foods, regional classics, and food/drink destinations in the country and deemed ten lucky restaurants/dishes the best of each category. Alton Brown will present the results on a The Food Network special September 20th to 23, but they've posted them on their website already.

As Brown tells Food Network Magazine, "There are some real surprises in here": the finalists are both upscale (mashed potatoes at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, The Bazaar's riff on a Philly cheesesteak) and down home (small town barbecue joints, real cowboy cookouts). Winners will be announced during the on-air special.

· America's Best: Top Ten Sweets [FN]
· America's Best: Top Ten Comfort Foods [FN]
· America's Best: Top Ten Regional Classics [FN]
· America's Best: Top Ten Destinations [FN]

Alton Brown. [Photo: Food Network]