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Geoffrey Zakarian visits New York City for chocolate bread pudding that is too gigantic to comprehend; Simon Majumdar conquers a behemoth burger in California while Beau MacMillan visits Charleston, S.C., for a life-changing fried chicken platter.

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Andrew Zimmern dives into a sensational hot pot in Las Vegas, while Alex Guarnaschelli dunks and devours the original French dip in Los Angeles; Brad Miller lights up his taste buds with an explosively dynamite crab dip.

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Andrew Zimmern pulls apart a melty meatball parmigiana hero in Portland, Ore.; Antonia Lofaso finds a super-soft crème brûlée doughnut in Washington, D.C., while Anne Burrell heads to the city of sin for a breakfast sandwich.

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