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Food Truck Lingo Might Be Just Around The Corner

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Food Truck Lingo Might Be Just Around The Corner

June 11, 2012 • Food truck culture is developing its own lingo, with words like "ventrification" and "nonstaurant." And, just like the lingo started by restaurant workers and truckers, these words may be coming to a slang dictionary near you soon.

Food Truck Cookbook Tracks Best Meals Served On Wheels

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Food Truck Cookbook Tracks Best Meals Served On Wheels

June 8, 2012 • Southern food and culture expert John T. Edge sees the food truck craze as a great democratic portrait of America. His new cookbook highlights some of the most creative and cheap food cooked in trucks these days.

Food Truck Cookbook Tracks Best Meals Served On Wheels

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Food Trucks Draw Hungry Kids For Free Summer Meals

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

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Food Trucks Draw Hungry Kids For Free Summer Meals

May 30, 2012 • Families that qualify for free and reduced school lunches can struggle to feed kids out of their own pockets all summer. But many kids can't - or won't - come to school for free summer meals. So some administrators are loading lunches on colorful, hip food trucks and bringing the meals to the kids.

When Food Truck Horns Meet Wedding Bells

Many food trucks, like Carpe Donut, are finding new business catering weddings. Courtesy of Jack Looney hide caption

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When Food Truck Horns Meet Wedding Bells

February 28, 2012 • Food truck owners around the country are finding that catering events like weddings is an increasingly appealing alternative to braving downtown streets at lunchtime.