Today I tried some recipes from Street Food Chicago (a cookbook by Mike Baruch) and I simply loved it. I made 4 French Dip sandwiches, Jerusalem Salad, and Chicago-style Split Pea Soup. While I was preparing this meal, I start to wonder why street food is important. The answer I came up with was that it was a way for people can have a fast meal with freshness and familiarity. Before McDonald's and Burger King, Street food was the meal-on-the-go with the comfort of a restaurant at your lap. People used to go to a certain guy or a special place for a meal people can take with them. But now, with big fast-food chains and globalization, street food is starting to become a dying breed of "good" fast-food. To wrap up the subject here is today's tip.
Tip: Skip McDonald's or Starbucks once in a while and go to a local cafe or a small restaurant. Then try to make your own version of your favorite local dish or snack. The possibilities are endless. Also when you go on vacation, try what the locals eat,you might end up likening it.
Tomorrow, I'm going to try to make a stew that sounds like a poem.
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