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During the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last April, Mr. Okra drove his iconic produce truck and called out to customers. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption
Listen to Mr. Okra’s Call
Wes Avila behind the wheel of the Guerrilla Taco food truck, a 1983 Chevy painted Dodgers blue.On the menu you'll find tacos with wild boar and thick-cut bacon, wild porcini mushroom and corn quesadillas, and Thai snapper tostadas. Dylan James Ho and Jeni Afuso/Courtesy of Ten Speed Press hide caption
'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree
Idaho Power's downtown Boise office is one of the sites that's hosted the Ada County mobile voting trailer. Idaho is one of the states that has same-day voter registration. Frankie Barnhill/Boise State Public Radio hide caption
How 'Food Truck Voting' Is Catching On In One Idaho County
Kolkata now has its first food truck: Agdum Bagdum. Its owners, two foodies who quit pharmaceutical jobs to become food truckers, were inspired by America's food truck craze — which, of course, was inspired by street food in places like Kolkata. Sandip Roy for NPR hide caption
America's Food Truck Craze Parks On The Streets Of Kolkata
Boston's North End is full of authentic Italian eateries. The Olive Garden is most definitely not one of them. But this weekend, an Olive Garden food truck parked there, handing out free food samples. Craig Lemoult/WGBH hide caption
Mamma Mia! Olive Garden Food Truck Invades Boston's Italian Neighborhood
Charlie Wicker of Trailhead Coffee Roasters makes all of his deliveries within the 6-mile radius of urban Portland, Ore., on one of his custom-built cargo bikes. He can also pull over to brew and serve coffee. John Lee/Courtesy of Trailhead Coffee Roasters hide caption
Customers walk out of Street Boutique, parked in Shirlington Village, Va. Street Boutique is a pop-up truck that's similar to the many food trucks in the area, except it sells clothes and jewelry. James Clark/NPR hide caption
Make Room, Food Trucks: Mobile Fashion Stores Have Hit The Streets
Around the country, a handful of vessels like the Ice Cream Boat peddle food on oceans, lakes and rivers. Courtesy of Tim Titcomb hide caption
Watson's culinary concoctions were served up from an IBM food truck at a tech conference in Las Vegas last week. Next stop: Austin. IBM Research/Flickr hide caption
Bitcoin isn't just for shady business — it can also buy you some delicious goodness. The Old Fitzroy pub in Sydney is one of many food and drink businesses beginning to accept bitcoins as a valid method of payment. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images hide caption
The Kogi BBQ truck near the campus of UCLA in 2009. Matt Sayles/AP hide caption
The restaurant Equinox served a Sunday brunch on Jan. 20 featuring courses inspired by President Obama and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s favorite foods, including this salad of citrus cured arctic char with watermelon radish, mache leaves and lobster vinaigrette. Daniel M.N. Turner/Daniel M.N. Turner / NPR hide caption
Portland-based GO Box, a service that provides and cleans reusable take-out boxes for local food trucks, hopes to keep some of the city's food waste from going in the dumpster. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Taking a sip of the official drink of the food truck movement, Mexican Coke courtesy John T. Edge hide caption
The crew of Shindigs sets up shop in a parking lot in Birmingham. Debbie Elliott/NPR hide caption
New Haven Public Schools' summer food truck will deliver an expected 40,000 free meals to kids in eligible neighborhoods during July and August. Timothy Cipriano/New Haven Public Schools hide caption
Many food trucks, like Carpe Donut, are finding new business catering weddings. Courtesy of Jack Looney hide caption