2015 was a good year to be a passionate eater in Berlin. When I landed here in 2010, this was still a city where many people avoided restaurants altogether. And now? Berlin is drawing more and more young chefs and restaurateurs. Compared to Paris, London and New York, the barriers …
Read More »Berlin Dispatch: When Pide Leads to Döner, Part II
Photo: Rumen Milkow Something remarkable happened on the way to the movies a few weeks ago: Rumen and I hopped in a cab with a driver named Aziz – who used to make his living selling pieces of the Berlin Wall, and who’s been driving a taxi for 16 years …
Read More »Berlin Dispatch: When Pide Leads to Döner – Part I
Photo by Rumen Milkow Before he started driving a taxi 16 years ago, Aziz made his living selling pieces of the Berlin Wall. From 1990 to 1995 — his first years in Berlin — he manned a souvenir stand at Brandenburg Gate, learning German, observing the tourists, watching some of …
Read More »Berlin Dispatch: Osman’s Two Turkish Tips
A burly, broad-shouldered man with a mop of black-brown curls who might be in his early 50s, Osman maneuvers his taxi with a light touch, like a piano player who enjoys an easy relationship with the keys. The expression on his face is not the expression you would expect of …
Read More »New York Dispatch: Connie’s Food Tips, Old and New
There aren’t too many cabbies in this world who can pull off a purple fedora and “make a potato salad that’ll slap your mama.” Constance Marie Barnes is one of them. The diminutive cabby, whom I met in 2010, also recommended what is to this day one of my favorite …
Read More »Culinary Mapping: New York, Buenos Aires, Berlin
I don’t know about you, but I’m obsessed with maps, and I couldn’t resist creating ones with all the cabby-recommended restaurants I wrote about in Driving Hungry. The map above is from the New York section of the book: At each marker, I’ve included a few lines from the story. …
Read More »Driving Hungry on Tour: Upcoming Readings
We’re taking this book on the road! If you’re in any of these seven cities, I hope you can join me for an evening of stories about hunger and wanderlust: New York: Monday, July 27, 2015 – 7:00PM – McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street Washington, DC: Tuesday, July 28, …
Read More »From the Archives: The Way to Albamonte
It’s Independence Day in Argentina, and I thought I’d celebrate from afar by re-posting the story of one of my all-time favorite Buenos Aires taxi adventures. I’ve been back to Albamonte many times since taxista Antonio dropped us off here, and I’ve never been disappointed. It isn’t only the thin-crust …
Read More »From Blog to Book, Part 2: How to Write a Non-Fiction Book Proposal
This is the second in a series of posts about how I got my book deal, i.e. how Taxi Gourmet led to Driving Hungry. In Part I, I wrote about how I found my agent. In Part III, I’ll write about refining my book proposal and closing the book deal. …
Read More »berlin dispatch autofiktion zorba the greek gorgeous curry blood sausage part 2 wvideo
Berlin is crawling with lebenskünstlers – so-called “life artists” who put their talent into their work and their genius into their lives. A man who calls himself TaxiBerlin drives among them, writing “Autofiktion,” taking photos, and reading all the European literature he can get his hands on while he’s waiting …
Read More »up next following bourdains trail to the birthplace of doner kebab
My three German co-adventurers and I had no idea that our taxi driver had steered us to the birthplace of döner kebab when he dropped us off at Hasir Restaurant in Kreuzberg last week – nor that Anthony Bourdain had also tasted the lamb there when he visited Berlin. Stay tuned for …
Read More »Go Where the Wandering Foodie Takes You
Hagan Blount is a hungry man on a New York mission: “For thirty-one days straight, I will eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at NYC’s best restaurants with more than 60 of the city’s most influential food writers, blogging our every bite.” On Monday, I joined him for two of his …
Read More »The League of Extraordinary Baklava
There is a lot of bad baklava in this world. If you,ve ever fallen victim to soggy, honey-soaked, butter-laden pastry where nuts get lost and no amount of strong coffee can beat back the sweetness, you know what I,m talking about. The only thing bad about the baklava at Güllüoglu …
Read More »The Little Pizzeria That Could
When Martín the taxista dropped me off at Don Lechón during last week’s taxi adventure, he was kind enough to let me in on another secret: La Mezzetta. “Everyone is nuts about this pizzeria,” he said, “It’s not my favorite – I don’t like their dough. But you should probably …
Read More »2021 Oyster Perpetual Rolex with Colorful Pearls
As part of its high-profile 2021 launch last week, Rolex has expanded its basic three-hand Oyster Perpetual series with a new model with a larger case diameter, as well as refreshing its 36mm model with a new dial in a vibrant color scheme, all in Oyster steel. The new model …
Read More »Celebration of Hublot Sky Blue Big Bang
For many, the summer of 2021 will be very different from what they imagined. We are used to traveling abroad far away from home, but now many of us have to find somewhere close to home to relax and have fun. However, Hublotdecided to keep the summer atmosphere alive with …
Read More »New TAG Heuer with Turbocharged Carrera Chronographs
So far, till the year of 2021, Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer has commemorated its 160th anniversary with the release of two limited-edition models, the Carrera Silver Limited Edition and the Montreal Limited Edition. So today, crowning its yearlong celebration, the brand reveals four better models that will take part in …
Read More »Benefits of Kevlar Jeans to cyclists
Jeans with an aramid protective layer will never be outdated. They will maintain the iconic style of cyclists. Once the best quality provided by the Kevlar jeans manufacturer is introduced, it is impossible to risk wearing regular jeans. In the past decade, the demand for denim for motorcycles has been …
Read More »2020 Rolex Watches Batman and Daytona
Before the 1980s, buying a Rolex was a fairly simple matter. You walk into an authorized dealership, pick out the car you want, pay for it, and leave. However, with the advent of the quartz watch crisis, all this began to change. Buying a new Rolex has become more difficult …
Read More »2020 Reissues of the Best Branded Watches
Every year in “watchland,” we see a vast legacy of reissues — modern interpretations of past designs. It is a market category that has grown from a niche product designed to placate die-hard collectors to the mainstay of many brand catalogs. While the year isn’t over yet, we’re confident that …
Read More »Most Luxury Rolex Watches for Men
For most of us, having a precise replica watch on our wrist helps us get our daily tasks done on time. It’s the difference between missing a train, being late for a meeting or being late, and even earning a good or bad reputation. Yet the reliability and accuracy of …
Read More »Difference between Rolex Submariner Black and Blue
When it comes to choosing between a black or blue Rolex submarine watch, some people have a hard time deciding. Style and price are crucial factors to consider. Let’s look at the Rolex Submariner 116618LN and 116619, which are essentially identical watches, despite a few key differences. So to understand …
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