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Food Trucks

Appears in
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

By Andrew F. Smith

Published 2004

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Quite simply, food trucks are mobile venues that sell food. This is nothing new. By way of carts, wagons, and trucks, creative entrepreneurs have been peddling sandwiches and prepackaged or easy-to-prepare meals for decades. Vehicles would be equipped with anything from bare counter space to fryers and compact kitchens. Today’s food truck, however, uses blogs and social media such as Twitter to elevate street food into a gourmet class of its own. Meeting the nation’s growing preference for affordable, easily accessible foods made with quality ingredients, food trucks have morphed into an upwardly mobile breed.

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