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Comfort's Transit Cookbook Now Available in Hardback

While we often see these top industry leaders on the evening news announcing some new rail expansion or responding to a crisis, here you get up close and personal with them as they share their favorite recipes.

Alex Roman
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June 13, 2023
Comfort's Transit Cookbook Now Available in Hardback

Paul Comfort's new glossy, color hardback version and the e-book are now available on Amazon.

Photo: Paul Comfort

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Paul Comfort recently unboxed the first edition of his new best-selling cookbook “Comfort Food: A Public Transportation Celebrity Cookbook.”

While we often see these top industry leaders on the evening news announcing some new rail expansion or responding to a crisis, here you get up close and personal with them as they share their favorite recipes alongside heart-warming stories from their families and homelands.

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In addition, get a glimpse into their home life with pictures of them cooking in their own  kitchens.

The glossy, color hardback version and the e-book are now available on Amazon.

Paul Comfort is a three-time #1 best-selling author and host of the industry leading podcast Transit Unplugged and Transit Unplugged TV. Comfort enjoyed a 30-year career in public transportation and government, rising to the top of one of America’s largest transit systems in Baltimore. Now he is a Transit Evangelist and sought after keynote speaker, sharing the food, culture, and public transportation of cities around the world.

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