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Traveling can be expensive, with airfare and hotel accommodations often costing hundreds of dollars each, so when you're on a vacation, you likely want to try to cut expenses in some areas. Food blogger Ali Khan can help you save on food costs in various American cities. In each episode of "Cheap Eats," he spends 12 hours in a given locale and has a $35 food budget. With that cash, he must maximize his investment for breakfast, lunch, a snack and dinner -- getting the biggest and tastiest delicacies he can find while staying under his limit. As he explores affordable options in each city, Khan meets with local chefs to find out about the area's culinary scene.
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    Culinary Cornhuskers
    Capital City Cuisine
    A Buzz in Brooklyn
    ATL Eats
    Big D Delights
    Austin
    Albuquerque
    Chicago
    Pit Stop
    Bayside Bites
  • Culinary Cornhuskers

    Ali Khan starts his Omaha food adventure with breakfast from a fast made from scratch joint offering an egg boat with hash browns; for lunch, Ali has a housemade Reuben, and has pork ragù meatballs for dinner.
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  • Capital City Cuisine

    Ali starts the day stacked with an ooey-gooey pastrami breakfast sandwich; he gets schooled in the ways of the Greek with a heaping helping of moussaka; a muffin uprising tides Ali over until he rolls up a spicy sushi burrito.
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  • A Buzz in Brooklyn

    New York's biggest borough still has authentic neighborhood diners; Ali kicks things off with chocolate chip pumpkin pancakes; a fried eggplant Parmesan sandwich; a slice of chocolate s'mores pie; Filipino chicken adobo.
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  • ATL Eats

    Atlanta is a large, cosmopolitan city with a diverse food scene, which Ali discovers as he starts his day with a crazy, innovative breakfast; French toast tacos; the best grilled cheese in America for lunch; blueberry cobbler ice pop.
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  • Big D Delights

    A sweet and savory Monte Cristo doughnut; succulent burnt ends with a side of blue cheese slaw; a slice of creamy Cloud Nine pie; authentic, hand-pulled dan dan noodles.
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  • Austin

    Ali Khan discovers a variety of Austin food fare; migas tacos at a popular roadside stop; authentic Texas barbecue; a bayou experience right out of MawMaw's recipe book.
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Traveling can be expensive, with airfare and hotel accommodations often costing hundreds of dollars each, so when you're on a vacation, you likely want to try to cut expenses in some areas. Food blogger Ali Khan can help you save on food costs in various American cities. In each episode of "Cheap Eats," he spends 12 hours in a given locale and has a $35 food budget. With that cash, he must maximize his investment for breakfast, lunch, a snack and dinner -- getting the biggest and tastiest delicacies he can find while staying under his limit. As he explores affordable options in each city, Khan meets with local chefs to find out about the area's culinary scene.

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