Jan 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM: When I worked at the American Embassy in Skopje, I looked forward to visiting Kosovo. Not because I liked the place, but because I wanted junk food. American junk food. I'm talking Hostess cupcakes, Chips Ahoy, Jif Peanut Butter and the like. And trips to Kosovo, if you were crafty, meant a visit to Camp Bondsteel, a huge American military base with a P.X. that was sort of like a mini Wal-Mart.
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A Traveler in the Foreign Service: Ding Dongs and danger pay in Kosovo
Jan 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM: When I worked at the American Embassy in Skopje, I looked forward to visiting Kosovo. Not because I liked the place, but because I wanted junk food. American junk food. I'm talking Hostess cupcakes, Chips Ahoy, Jif Peanut Butter and the like. And trips to Kosovo, if you were crafty, meant a visit to Camp Bondsteel, a huge American military base with a P.X. that was sort of like a mini Wal-Mart.
...Amsterdam hot dog review: THE CHUBBY!
Jul 28th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Sometimes a food's name says everything you need to know about it. Tucked away in the museum part of Amsterdam, the Lunch Kiosk is a mobile operation intended to feed the tourists in need of some fast grub. I was in that spot on my visit earlier this month, and I do like to sample a hot dog wherever I go. It seemed like an opportunity I couldn't pass up.
At the Lunch Kiosk, the Chubby Hot ...The most exclusive hamburger in the United States
Apr 20th, 2011 at 9:00AM: New York is home to some amazing burger joints. The Burger Joint in the Parker Meridien hotel, a handful of Shake Shack locations and Burger Burger down on Stone Street topped the list for me ... until I found some incredible sliders in an unusual place.
Skip all the city's hottest dining destinations, and march yourself down to Wall Street. No, I'm not joking. There's an amazing hamburger at ...Photo of the day (12.31.10)
Dec 31st, 2010 at 5:00PM:
It's New Year's Eve, a time to make (and eventually break) resolutions for the incoming year. Time to start exercising, cut down on junk food and alcohol, keep a journal longer than 2 weeks this time, etc. Even us at Gadling have some travel resolutions to keep. These girls on the sands of Tel Aviv, Israel are fitting in some yoga with their day at the beach and it looks like their friend on the ...Four views of Shake Shack burgers in New York City
Sep 14th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
The line always seems to be long in Madison Square Park. Shake Shack, known for its burgers as well, always draws a crowd, and it isn't unusual to spend an hour or more waiting to sink your teeth into its greasy delights. I've done it, and I know I'm not alone. Well, the stand's popularity has led to expansion, and there are now four locations across Manhattan, with a fifth in Queens at Citi ...U.S. Open: Chomp on a Hotdog
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 8:00AM:
Hotdogs and sporting events belong together, so when I went to my first U.S. Open tennis match, I knew I'd have to see what the Arthur Ashe Stadium had to offer. Given a delay caused by matches earlier in the day, the Nadal/Gabashvili pairing started late, so I wasn't able to take my first bite until darkness had descended over Queens.
I left my seat and ambled over to the concession as the ...Half-Time Pizza: What Boston eats for breakfast
Mar 31st, 2010 at 8:00AM: The allure of Boston junk food can be almost impossible to resist. For every Radius, Grill 23 and Abe & Louie's there is a dive of some kind offering drunk grub, fat fare or belt-buster. On my recent trip back to Boston, I hunted out my second favorite breakfast joint in the city: Half-Time Pizza (the top spot goes to Fill-a-Buster on Beacon Hill for creating the greatest bacon, egg and cheese ...Gadlinks for Tuesday, 1.19.2010
Jan 19th, 2010 at 7:00PM:
Yesterday, January 18th was supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Congrats, you made it through. Now here are some more travel tidbits to cheer you up!
Eric Weiner rhapsodizes about the joys of the long airport layover. I personally hate spending any more time in an airport than is absolutely necessary, but Eric makes a good case for why he finds the experience to be a pleasant ...Travel, alcohol consumption up, according to TripAdvisor
May 21st, 2009 at 8:00AM: We've seen travel predictions all over, such as Memorial Day travel will be up with the summer down. Everyone's weighing in. The latest from TripAdvisor is that little has changed in a year. Actually, this isn't TripAdvisor's opinion so much as that of more than 1,800 of its readers in the United States. More than a quarter of those taking vacations plan to make them last from a week to 10 days, ...Los Angeles Slowing the Fast Food Nation?
Sep 14th, 2007 at 10:58AM: Perhaps you've noticed that many trends in the U.S. either start in California or New York and then work their way slowly towards the center. Fashion and food come to mind. Once, I wrote an article on fall fashion in Ohio and did a bit of research by talking to designers and buyers to find out what will trickle to the Midwest from the runways in Milan and Paris. Basically, I was told, designers ...
