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Montreal Dispatch: A Virgin Taxi Adventure & the Greek that Became Tuscan

August 19, 2010
Montreal Dispatch: A Virgin Taxi Adventure & the Greek that Became Tuscan Sara Berg-Johnson is lucky to be living (and eating) in what that Chowhound founder Jim Leff considers to be the best food city in the world: Montreal. Hungry and raring to dig deeper into the culinary scene in La Belle Ville, she ventured out on her very first taxi adventure last week.

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Amman Dispatch: Beyond Words, Sereen Paradise

April 30, 2010
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.

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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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Pick YOUR Favorite City for a Taxi Adventure

February 22, 2010
Pick YOUR Favorite City for a Taxi Adventure Where should Taxi Gourmet go next? Choose the city you’d like to read about most...

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Go Where the Wandering Foodie Takes You

January 13, 2010
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 93 meals: at Outpost Lounge

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Buenos Aires Dispatch: Pizza and Steak Near the No-Zone

September 30, 2009
Buenos Aires Dispatch: Pizza and Steak Near the No-Zone On her first day in Buenos Aires, exchange student Kira Lerner sat in a meeting room in the city center, raring to explore every corner of the Argentine capital. After a quick welcome activity, her program directors handed her a map of the city covered with big red x’s. These x’s, or “no-zones”,

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Next Stop: The Bronx

September 11, 2009
Next Stop: The Bronx Thanks to food guerrillas like Justin Fornal (alias Baron Ambrosia), people are starting to pay attention to the hunger-inducing array of culinary treasures in the Bronx. According to the Baron, who showcases his passion for the food of his beloved borough on a fantastic show called Bronx Flavor, the Bronx is New York’s most sensuous

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The First Annual Taxi Gourmet Story Contest Winner: Woman Behind the Wheel

April 6, 2009
Congratulations to Ms. Emily Flake of New York, New York, the winner of the First Annual Taxi Gourmet Story Contest. Here’s her brief but entertaining tale of a Big Apple-based taxi adventure: I was taking a black cab from Park Slope to Greenpoint (both neighborhoods in Brooklyn but a pain in the a** to get

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Choose Your Own Adventure

February 28, 2009
Choose Your Own Adventure Ever had an amazing cab ride? Had an intense but fleeting encounter with a taxi driver you’ll never forget? Had a cabbie deliver you to a place you never could’ve found on your own? I’m hoping you have. And I’m convinced that the rebel band of readers who follow this little blog would love

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