Taxi Gourmet – Fasten your seat belt and let the food quest begin…

I spent more time with my manuscript than doing taxi adventures in 2014, so this list is a little thin. I hereby resolve to make it fatter in 2015. In any case, I wanted to tell you about a few of my favorite dishes from this past year – some …

This is the third in a series of posts about how Taxi Gourmet the blog led to Driving Hungry the book. In Part 1, I wrote about how I found my agent. In Part 2, I described what went into writing my book proposal. In Part 4, I’ll talk about …

Lamb ‘antrikote’ at Maranda. Photo by autofiktion.com   I have to confess I’m a little rusty, not to mention a little resistant, when it comes to jumping back into the taxi adventures after spending most of the last two years sitting at my computer, writing about taxi adventures gone by. …

© Jorge Royan / https://www.royan.com.ar / CC-BY-SA-3.0   Good news for choripán aficionados in Buenos Aires: Taxi Gourmet reader Rodrigo Varela Perarnau recently paid a visit to Mi Sueño, my favorite sausage sandwich stand on the Costanera Sur, and it turns out their choripán is as glorious as ever. In …

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. …

This is Part III of a three-part series about Bulgarian food. In Part II, I wrote about five cabbie-recommended places to eat in Sofia. In Part I, I wrote about 13 of my favorite things to eat (and drink) in Bulgaria. Photo courtesy autofiktion.com   If you ever decide to …

This is the first in a series of posts about how I got my book deal, i.e. how Taxi Gourmet led to Driving Hungry. In Part II, I’ll write about putting together the book proposal and closing the book deal. In Part III, I’ll write about the writing/editing process. In …

This post is dedicated the memory of Alberto Paz. Though I never had the pleasure of meeting Alberto in person, I learned about him and his partner Valorie Hart through their website, Planet Tango, where Alberto also posted his many translations of tango lyrics into English. A few weeks ago, …

I’m feeling more than gun-shy as I walk toward the taxi stand at the Ring Center mall near the S-Bahn station on Frankfurter Allee, and I can’t see past the reflection on the windshield as I approach the first cab in line. How does this go again? I wonder. It’s …

This is Part II of a 3-part series about Bulgarian food. Part I is a basic introduction to Bulgarian food and drink. In Part III, I’ll tell you about the taxi ride to the airport, and the intriguing food tip from our driver. For now, here are four cabbie-recommended places …