Food Paradise

From lobster smothered in melted Monterey Jack cheese to s'mores with gooey handmade marshmallows drenched in chocolate, this coast-to-coast tour finds the most indulgent, thickly coated culinary creations ever made.

Checking out eateries for handheld food, with no bowls, plates or utensils to get in the way; with bags of seafood in Chicago, arepas stuffed with meat in Minneapolis, chicken fingers in New York City, and breakfast tacos in Austin, Texas.

Over-the-top foods satisfy a craving for carbohydrates, including a pizza topped with pasta, a grilled cheese sandwich filled with spaghetti and mashed potato fritters.

A bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich made on a sweet glazed doughnut; doughnuts loaded with barbecue brisket; doughnut burgers and doughnut French onion soup.

A pair of period pharmacies on both coasts, a Jewish deli in Texas, a hot dog temple in Tennessee and a classic, chrome-clad diner in Minnesota; from massive old-fashioned sundaes and skyscraper sandwiches to towering patty melts and doughnuts.

Hot lobster rolls and blue crab spaghetti get dressed in robes of butter at restaurants in Boston and New York; bakeries in San Francisco, Washington, DC and Atlanta bring butter to new heights in their flaky pastries.

From New York City Sicilians serving spaghetti in a cone, to a Vietnamese chef in Venice Beach rolling ramen noodles in a burrito, these chefs think way outside of the pasta box.

From a chili pepper-topped pizza in Atlanta, to European-style porchetta flame-roasted on a food truck in San Francisco, Food Paradise goes coast to coast on the hunt for sweat-inducing fiery food.

From seriously seismic shakes in Hawaii to super-size sundaes in New Orleans, Food Paradise gets a taste of the sweet life with some of the coolest frozen treats around.

From Japanese-flavored breakfast egg skillets in Hawaii to an update on Eggs Benedict in New Orleans, the egg comes first as Food Paradise cracks open an array of egg-cellent creations.

From slow-smoked bison ribs in Colorado to chicken wings topped with cinnamon sugar and icing in Rhode Island, hunting down proteins that satisfy every carnivorous craving.

From an Arizona joint's chicken fried steak smothered in gravy to sweet, fluffy doughnuts in Rhode Island, getting in line to find dishes that diners don't mind waiting hours to sink their teeth into.

From an omelet made with 15 eggs and six meats in Rhode Island to a two pound, softball-size meatball served on top of a mountain of spaghetti in Missouri; looking for dishes served in gargantuan portions.