Immigrants and Food feature in the Chicago Reader

at chicagoreader.com, Mike Sula wrote:All day long at the Petro truck stop in Gary, Indiana, drivers pull in, dismount from their cabs, and saunter lazily across the long blacktop toward a grassy patch next to the parking lot entrance. Muttering into Bluetooth earpieces, they approach the steps of a raised semitrailer painted bright yellow, announcing itself to the parking lot with the words "Balkan Grill Restaurant." Inside, a stark cargo area contains a few high-top tables, a drink cooler filled with bottled water and the Slovenian soft drink Cockta, and a window that separates customers from the kitchen, the register, and Momocilo "Momo" Bogdanovich.

Bogdanovich is the cashier, owner, and cook of the three-year-old establishment, which serves some of the freshest, hottest, heartiest Serbian food in the midwest. When he came to the U.S. ten years ago, Bogdanovich, who has a degree in economics from the University of Belgrade, found work as a long-haul truck driver. That's how he learned the rare pleasure of a homestyle meal after many days behind the wheel. "All the time when I was on the road, the food looked bad," he says. "Truck-stop food is not good."

justjoan wrote:ronnie, i just checked the Reader website, and you're right- i can't find a link to the cover articles (5 interviews plus the m. rakowitz article). i guess you'll have to grab the actual Reader to read it....

ronnie_suburban wrote:

justjoan wrote:ronnie, i just checked the Reader website, and you're right- i can't find a link to the cover articles (5 interviews plus the m. rakowitz article). i guess you'll have to grab the actual Reader to read it....

History suggests it will eventually be added to their site.

=R=