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Steak and Tears in Little Argentina

March 10, 2010
Steak and Tears in Little Argentina

After 3 1/2 years in the Buenos Aires, I thought I'd listened to enough tango and eaten enough steak to hold me over for the rest of my life. But yesterday, when a tango I couldn't name came on while I was looking over the list of bifes and offal at El Gauchito Restaurante...
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From the Driver’s Seat: The Safari Becomes a Zoo, with Haitian Food

March 5, 2010
From the Driver’s Seat: The Safari Becomes a Zoo, with Haitian Food

There are times when driving a cab feels a lot like being on an urban safari, where I play the part of a caffeinated hunter on a desperate search for passengers. When I pulled into the taxi holding lot at Kennedy airport yesterday, I felt like I’d left the safari and entered a zoo.
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A Tagine Lead and an Airport Ritual

March 3, 2010
A Tagine Lead and an Airport Ritual

For Mohammed – who was born in Rabat, has been driving a cab six days a week for the past ten years and spends summers with his wife and kids in Morocco – the trip to JFK is a ritual he never misses when he's on duty. Besides eating his lunch there, he prays...
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And the winners are…

March 1, 2010
And the winners are…

Last week, I asked readers to weigh in on where they'd like Taxi Gourmet to go next. Two cities separated themselves from the field...
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From the Driver’s Seat: Fare Beater, Flat Tire, Cool Passenger, Obscene Cookie

February 25, 2010
From the Driver’s Seat: Fare Beater, Flat Tire, Cool Passenger, Obscene Cookie

There are foods that soothe from the moment they make it into your mouth, and chocolate chip cookies are among them. Especially when they come from Petrossian Café, which happens to be two blocks from the Wellington Hotel taxi stand on 7th Ave...
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Listen to the Adventure: Mustapha in His Own Words

February 23, 2010
Listen to the Adventure: Mustapha in His Own Words

Last week, during the adventure with cabbie Mustapha K. to Floridita in Harlem, I was lucky enough to have radio producer Katie Macpherson along for the ride. Thanks to Katie's magic microphone, we were able to record my conversation with the quintilingual cabbie from Morocco. Listen and be entertained...
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