Besides being accomplished cooks and photographers, Ryan Bird and Christine Fannon are two travelers who aren't afraid to venture off the radar. The couple met in Taiwan, traveled to South America in 2006 and have been on the road ever since. These days, they're in Jordan, where they tried a taxi adventure in Amman. Amman Dispatch: Beyond Words, Sereen Paradise
Besides being accomplished cooks and photographers, Ryan Bird and Christine Fannon are two travelers who aren't afraid to venture off the radar. The couple met in Taiwan, traveled to South America in 2006 and have been on the road ever since. These days, they're in Jordan, where they tried a taxi adventure in Amman. From the Driver’s Seat: Rushed Grandmas and Dogmatic Sausage
I never suspected that the two little old Italian ladies I picked up last week could raise my blood pressure more than a banker headed for Wall Street. After dropping off the nonne, I turned on my off-duty light, sifted through food recommendations from my passengers and ended up face to face with lamb...Read more »
Is it possible to find a great Argentine empanada in NYC? (Part II)
I didn't think it was a coincidence that my last passenger on my last shift was an endocrinologist from Argentina. When she climbed in next to me after helping her family into the back seat, I apologized for the smell, "I'm sorry - there's an empanada in that bag, and it's very fragrant." San Francisco Dispatch: Tu Lan in the Tenderloin
Born into a food-loving southern California family, Sangeetha Raghunathan is a legal eagle by day and a passionate eater at all times. The fact that she's a lifelong vegetarian didn't stop her from embarking on a taxi adventure in San Francisco. Here's how her first West Coast food quest played out. Abbreviations and Bangladeshi Food
When I met fellow food pilgrim Kira Lerner in Times Square to kick off a taxi adventure last week, I ended up face to face with underwhelming Bangladeshi food - and a cabbie who abbreviates his name in the midst of the post-9/11 fear that still permeates New York. Berlin or Bust (Or, my book for the price of a NY burrito)
When that first Buenos Aires taxi adventure started with Enrique and ended so serendipitously at Parrilla Peña, I realized two things: 1. The adventures had only just begun, and 2. Eventually, I was going to write a book about these food quests. Three years later, I'm ready to get started. 
