Taylor Hicks tastes his way through Mississippi on a quest to discover the state's most emblematic foods; he samples a scrumptious plate of fried catfish, hush-puppies, black-eyed peas, mud pie, and the koolickle.

Taylor Hicks tastes his way through Vermont in pursuit of the state's most noteworthy foods; along the way, he samples a mouthwatering plate of cheddar cheese, maple syrup-glazed ham, fiddlehead ferns, common crackers and apple pie.

Taylor Hicks tastes his way across New York in pursuit of the state's most iconic foods; after much debate, he samples a Waldorf salad, salt potatoes, Utica greens, Delmonico's steak, and New York cheesecake.