Driving and Dining

Christmas Concession: Christmas Goodies Last year I featured Christmas Markets around the world, but this year I’d like to focus on the fantastic food at Christmas market concession stands . Baked Apples I have never seen a baked apple look this good – check out the recipe over at Sandra’s Recipes. Hot Sandwiches A hot [...]

Giant Apple, Oranges, and Strawberries What is it about fruit that inspires people to make gigantic versions? Sure, at its core this type of attraction is smart marketing- but it is also valuable as folk art. The decision to build a giant-sized replica of fruit is much bolder than painting a billboard, and I personally [...]

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, [...]

I was watching some Pogues music videos on YouTube recently when I noticed the concession stand for the first time (I can’t help it, I can spot a concession stand any where). That got me thinking, what other video clips feature concessions, concession foods, or concession trailers? The Smashing Pumpkins music video with the ice [...]

Amusement Parks That Move From Town to Town Excitement builds as you watch them set up various carts and mobile kitchens at the fairgrounds or the shopping mall parking lot. All of the usual suspects are there: the Octopus ride, the Ferris wheel, the games of chance, and the hot dog and cotton candy concession [...]

Drivingandining regulars 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, and others. The Big Pretzel The [...]

It’s a Hot Dog Hootenanny! For your next hot dog concession business, maybe try one of these. This tattoo is featured at tattooblog.org. Types of Hot Dogs Veggie Carnivores can buy this cheeky tshirt at zazzle. However, if you like veggie dogs there are a lot of options out there, and some of them taste [...]

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, [...]

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 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 [...]