Driving and Dining

If you’re a regular reader of drivingandining, you know that I’ve decided to feature some of the tasty (and sometimes surprising) foods you can buy from concession trailers, carts, or counters. If this is your first visit, welcome! Check out some of my other concession obsessions: the hot dog cart, the corn dog, funnel cakes, [...]

Memorial Day Memories Memorial Day began as Decoration Day, a day to honor soldiers who died during the Civil War. A Federal holiday, Memorial Day grew to become a day to remember all men and women who died during US military service. Traditionally people visit cemeteries or memorials to pay tribute to fallen military personnel. In [...]

An Ode to Cotton Candy Cotton candy and carnivals – you can’t really have one without the other! Cotton candy is a staple of the concession stand culture I love so much. I bought my daughter her first cotton candy at a Disney on Ice performance. We shared it and it was a special moment, [...]

Concession Obsession May is National Hamburger Month – the perfect time to feature what is, in my opinion, one of the best foods to buy from a concession stand! According to whatscookingamerica.net, the hamburger patty dates back to the time of Genghis Khan. Apparently ground meat that could be eaten with one hand was the [...]

Honky if You’re Corny Well I might as well get this over with! I am in fact NOT a fan of corn dogs- odd, because I love hot dogs and I love corn… Something about the sweetness of the batter and the wiener-y flavor of the dog just doesn’t work for me. However, I can [...]

On Easter weekend I came across something I haven’t seen since I was a kid: a carnival set up in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Maybe I just haven’t been spending much time in suburbia, but this was such a fun surprise! We pulled in just as they opened and we didn’t have [...]

German Street Food: Potato Pancakes and Curry Wurst My parents were both born in Germany, so I think that’s why my taste buds love almost every German food. Last time I was in Germany, an impatient shopper actually rammed me with a cart because I was blocking the aisle at the supermarket. I barely noticed. [...]

Concession Obsession The second part in a continuing feature on my favorite concession food: foods you can buy from concession trailers, carts, or counters. I can’t walk by a street vendor or mobile kitchen, without buying a snack. <<previous Concession Obsession: History of the Hot Dog Cart Funnel Cake Photo: fantes.com Funnel cakes are made [...]

Concession Obsession I have a real weakness for any food you can buy from a street vendor or concession stand, I can’t walk by one without buying a snack. You can imagine how I fare at the local county fair or amusement park – it’s a feeding frenzy! I’ve decided to feature some of the [...]