The Food Truck Cookbook

 Nothing says "summer" in the Lakeshore more than live music in the park, art events, and lots and lots of food trucks.  From coast to coast, food truck culture is alive, well, and flourishing.  These tiny cafes serve up everything from cozy home cooking, to surprisingly sophisticated dishes - all out of artsy restaurants on wheels.  In many cases, the owners are as colorful as their rolling eateries, and as diverse as the food they serve.

Edge's book tells the stories of entrepreneurs who took chances, many walking away from lucrative jobs in titled positions to run around selling food and making new friends.  Each story is coupled with a recipe that each of us can easily make at home.  There are brunch ideas, fries and pies, waffles, sandwiches, and a tacopalooza.  Oh, the chapter on hot dogs....thirteen different kinds.

Nothing surprised me more than a feature in the chapter called "Unexpected Pleasures".  Our very own Madison Wisconsin took center stage with the Ethiopian stew at Buraka getting rave reviews.  Checking the index, I discovered that, in addition to the special pages on Madison, recipes from many Wisconsin food truck oferings are scattered throughout the book.

Tons of fun. Uplifting stories. Great photography and do-able recipes.  

Time to get cookin'.

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