He eventually purchased a wood-fired oven and spent a couple of years baking pizzas for a group of very lucky friends before starting his own food truck, The Urban Oven. “That was my first experience with a wood-fired oven.” Having had an authentic, artisanal, Napoli-style pizza, Scott couldn’t go back.Īfter moving to Seattle, Scott began to experiment with recipes to re-create the experience, going so far as to jimmy the lock on his home oven during the cleaning cycle to reach that elusive 800☏ (427☌) temperature. “I had good pizza before, but when you had Chris Bianco’s pizza, it was almost like a religious experience,” he says. It doesn’t matter what we label it-we just want these dishes to put a smile on your face.Ĭhef Scott Tremonti blames his single-minded pursuit of wood-fired pizza perfection on a pie from Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Arizona. Whether it’s barbecued pulled pork in a taco from Hill Country Barbecue in Redwood City, California, or a French toast breakfast sandwich from the Egg Carton in Portland, Oregon, these are recipes that will remind you of some of your favorite comfort foods. It’s about those classic dishes that you think of, with a twist. We can endlessly debate the definition of “American food,” but this chapter pays homage to our initial concept.
It’s taken me a long time, but now I miss some of those Taiwanese dishes that I ate as a kid and have accepted them as part of my comfort food repertoire. And as a second-generation Asian-American, I grew up shunning my culture for fear of not being seen a s a “real” American. A kid like me growing up in LA thinks of burritos, and a kid growing up for Louisiana finds comfort in gumbo. Comfort food means something different to so many people across America. Whether it is a spin on a burger or fried chicken, these are familiar foods that tug at people’s hearts.Īs we brainstormed, we found it hard to just narrow our focus to American comfort food. The one common theme we saw as we looked across the country planning our book was that a lot of carts and trucks are focused on dishing out some form of American comfort food.
Maybe we were overly ambitious, but because you’re reading this now, maybe we pulled it off. When we were first approached to do a book, we knew we wanted to do something on a national scale. Members donate one percent of their sales to one or more of the over 1,500 environmental and sustainability charities across the globe who participate in this program. Page Street is proud to be a member of 1% for the Planet. For information on bulk purchases, please contact Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department by writing to of Congress Control Number: 2014902460Ĭover and book design by Page Street Publishing Co. No part of this book may be reproduced or used, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.ĭistributed by Macmillan sales in Canada by The Canadian Manda Group distribution in Canada by The Jaguar Book Group.ĮBooks may be purchased for business or promotional use. This cookbook includes all the recipes of your wandering road trip dreams.Ĭopyright © 2014 Kim Pham, Philip Shen with Terri PhillipsĪll rights reserved. To get these recipes, the authors found and traveled to the most vibrant food truck cultures across the country, including: Southern and Northern California New York City Portland, Oregon New Orleans Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina Atlanta Minneapolis Austin Washington, D.C and Philadelphia. Outstanding dishes include Prosciutto and Grape Pizza from The Urban Oven in Los Angeles, Maker’s Mark Fried Chicken from Big D’s Grub Truck in New York, Santa Fe Black Bean Burgers from Mix’d Up Food Truck in Atlanta and Pad Thai Tacos from The Peached Tortilla in Austin. With the country’s food truck favorites made accessible in your own kitchen, you’ll deliver incredible and unique food at home you’d have to travel across the country to try. This book includes delicious recipes for everything from sandwiches, soups and chilies to vegetarian dishes, classics with a twist and desserts-all straight from the cooks themselves. ISBN 1624140807.Authentic Food Recipes From the Best Food Trucks Across the Country Kim, Phil and Terri traveled from state to state, visiting the best food trucks out there to get the incredible and authentic recipes that make their trucks some of the most popular in the country.
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