Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook: Houston Edition, Volume I

by Tiffany Harelik

Overview

In Houston, everyone from enterprising chefs at established restaurants to home cooks who love to eat has taken their recipes to the streets. From the Heights to Montrose and bars in between, food truck concepts are peppered around the Bayou City, feeding hungry Houstonians everything from bacon jam to cookie-flavored cashew butter, beer-braised lengua tacos to fried escargot. These creative mini-restaurants on wheels have shared the best of the best, including flavors from southern, Asian and Bayou cuisine. Join Tiffany Harelik as she brings the Trailer Food Diaries to Houston and explores the recipes and personal stories behind Houston's tastiest trend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625845405
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Series:	American Palate
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Tiffany Harelik is a travel and food writer with a focus on iconic street food culture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Houston Food Truck Culture 9

The Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook Series 11

Sauces and Spreads

Bacon Jam: Golden Grill 14

Chocomonsterlicious Almond Butter: Monster PBJ 16

Chimichurri Sauce: Stick it 18

Citrus Aioli: Speers Rolling Bistro 18

Cinnamonsterlicious Peanut Butter: Monster PBJ 19

Cookiemonsterlicious Cashew Butter: Monster PBJ 20

House Whole-Grain Mustard: Good Dog Hot Dogs 21

Sesame Oil Vinaigrette: Coreanos 22

"Ask a Local" with Paul Galvani, Author of Houston's Top 100 Food Trucks 23

"Ask a Local" with Debra Ford, Haute Wheels Producer 29

Appetizers, Sides and Small Plates

Apple Horseradish Slaw: Good Dog Hot Dogs 32

Boudin Balls: The Lunch Bag 33

Bernie's Pickles: Bernie's Burger Bus 34

Creole Shrimp Fritters: Southern Lunchable 38

Homemade Kimchi: Coreanos 40

Korean Slaw: Coreanos 41

Salmon Quettes: Soul Cat Cuisine 44

Seafood Bloody Mary: Sr. John's Fire 46

Snails Gone Wild (Spicy Escargot Poppers): L'es-Car-Go 48

Southern-Style Green Beans: Southern Lunchable 50

"Ask a Local" with Mai Pham, Houston Food and Travel Writer 51

"Ask a Local" with Rebecca Masson, Top Chef Competitor and Owner of Fluff Bake Bar 55

Handhelds

Beer-Braised Lengua Tacos: Craft Infusion 58

BDL Hot Dog: Happy Endings Asian Fusion 60

Fozzey Bear: Big Daddy Z's 61

Fried Avocado Taco: HTown Streats 62

Joel St. John's Shrimp Corn Dogs: Sr. John's Fire 64

Lamb Burger Patties: Fraiche 65

Korean BBQ Pork Belly on a Stick: Stick It 66

Pineapple Habanero Burger with Korean Bulgogi Beef and Spicy Habanero Mayonnaise: Chi'Lantro BBQ 68

Rockabilly Diner Rocking Blue Burger: Rockabilly Diner 70

Shanghai Egg Rolls: Happy Endings Asian Fusion 72

Shrimp Tempura Taco Baos: Happy Endings Asian Fusion 74

Veggie Burger: Fraiche 75

Sloppy Slaw Dog: Good Dog Hot Dogs 76

Swamp Pig: Big Daddy Z's 78

The Pi Burger: Pi Pizza Truck 80

Tips from the Food Trucks: Starting Your Own Food Truck Business 83

Where the Food Truckers Eat: The Best Food Trucks in Houston 87

Sweets

Brownies: Frosted Betty 90

Froot Lopp Cereal Milk Crème Brûlée: HTown Streats 92

Pineapple Jalapeno Italian Soda or Snow Cone: Snow Cone Angels 93

Kevin Bacon: Chocolate-Covered Bacon: Custom Confections 94

Red Velvet Fritters: Speers Rolling Bistro 96

Spiced Mini Doughnut Holes: Fraiche 98

Tony's Caramels: Custom Confections 101

Food Truck Appendix 103

Index 105

About the Author 109