Berlin Dispatch: Fazil’s Red Lentil Soup

September 22, 2010
Berlin Dispatch: Fazil’s Red Lentil Soup Cabbies don't have time to sit down for a meal when they're on duty. Or so I thought - until I met Fazil.

Montreal Dispatch: Great Goat

September 21, 2010
Montreal Dispatch: Great Goat Food lover and fearless forager Sara Berg-Johnson recently ventured out on her second Montreal taxi adventure. Here's the story of her journey with Charles - a former barbershop owner who's driving a cab to put his kids through private school - along with a run-down of her first taste of Haitian food on Rue

Berlin Dispatch: Rejection and Lamb Chops

September 16, 2010
Berlin Dispatch: Rejection and Lamb Chops It was the worst start of a taxi adventure so far in Berlin. I'd gone down the entire line of cabs waiting at the taxi stand in front of the Adlon Hotel near Brandenburg Gate. No driver wanted any part in my food quest.

Berlin Dispatch: Autofiktion, Zorba the Greek, Gorgeous Curry & Blood Sausage (Part 2 w/Video)

September 13, 2010
Berlin Dispatch: Autofiktion, Zorba the Greek, Gorgeous Curry & Blood Sausage (Part 2 w/Video) How an intriguing email from a Berlin cab driver led to a dish called dead grandma, a near-perfect Vietnamese curry, beer leads, a Thai recommendation, cheap Indian food, and a life artist's observations on the changing nature of the city.

Berlin Dispatch: Autofiktion, Zorba the Greek, Gorgeous Curry & Blood Sausage (Part 1)

September 10, 2010
Berlin Dispatch: Autofiktion, Zorba the Greek, Gorgeous Curry & Blood Sausage (Part 1) There is no lead, no quote, no way to dive into describing yesterday's taxi adventure in a way that would do justice to the man who led it.

Berlin Dispatch: A Painter’s Peanut Chicken

September 8, 2010
Berlin Dispatch: A Painter’s Peanut Chicken When Yüko put on his black bowler hat, turned on the meter and headed west over the Oberbaum Brücke into Kreuzberg, I wasn't totally sure where he was taking me, but I knew we'd figure it out. And I had a feeling he might be the keeper of an interesting story...