Tiffany Harelik - Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook: Austin Edition, Volume 1

Published by American Palate

A Division of The History Press

Charleston, SC 29403

www.historypress.net

Copyright 2012 by Tiffany Harelik

All rights reserved

Cover design by Tom Kirsch Design, LLC.

Originally published 2011

The History Press edition published 2012

e-book edition 2012

Photo credits: Rudy Arocha p. 168; Matt Bowman p. 36 bottom right, p. 47, p. 148 top, p. 152; Tiffany Harelik p. 18 top left, p. 20, p. 46, p. 134; Bill Lanier p. 16, p. 26, p. 106; Kailey Lord p. 113; Cord McPhail p. 54 bottom left, p. 68; Vi Ngyuen p. 72 bottom left, p. 75; Daniela Nunez p. 54 top left, p. 62; Sherry Patrizi p. 137; Ben Pickle p. 92 top left, p. 116; Stefani Spandau p. 18 bottom left, p. 30, p. 31, p. 36 top, bottom left, p. 38, p. 41, p. 42, p. 53, p. 54 bottom right, p. 59, p. 69, p. 72 top left, top right, bottom right, p. 76, p. 79, p. 80, p. 81, p. 86, p. 92 top right, bottom, p. 98, p. 99, p. 101, p. 102, p. 110, p. 123, p. 124 bottom right, p. 132, p. 142, p. 157, p. 158; Por Sutisin p. 83; Tiffany Tagle p. 141; Laurie Virkstis p. 18 top right, bottom right, p. 25, p. 29, p. 32, p. 33, p. 35, p. 45, p. 49, p. 54 top right, p. 56, p. 57, p. 61, p. 65, p. 124 top, bottom left, p. 129, p. 138, p. 144, p. 148 bottom right, p. 159.

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A bird doesnt doubt the wind.

This book is dedicated to anyone who

has ever taken a leap of faith.

Contents

Royitos Hot Sauce Streamer

Smokilicious Bar-B-Q

Flip Happy Crepes

Kates Southern Comfort

Gourdoughs

Lucky Js Chicken & Waffles

Osmos Kitchen

Little Bean Bakery & Caf

Little Bean Bakery & Caf

Thats Amore

Gonzo Juice

Patika Coffee

Courtesy of Elixer Coffee

The Texas Cuban

Holy Cacao

Holy Cacao

Bufalo Bobs Chalupa Wagon

Lukes Inside Out

Cazamance

All-City Subs

Counter Culture

Crepes Mille

The Texas Cuban

The Texas Cuban

The Sugar Shack BBQ

Bufalo Bobs Chalupa Wagon

Torchys Tacos

Clems Hot Diggity Dogs

Bufalo Bobs Chalupa Wagon

The Peached Tortilla

The Jalopy

El Naranjo

Thats Amore

Frietkot

Crepes Mille

La Bote Caf

Moo Moos Mini Burgers

The Jalopy

Along Came a Slider

Big Top Dogs

Smokilicious Bar-B-Q

Royitos Hot Sauce Streamer

ChiLantro

The Local Yolk

La Bote Caf

The Jalopy

Me So Hungry

#19 Bus

Wurst Tex

Along Came a Slider

Moo Moos Mini Burgers

Downtown Burgers

Hat Creek Burger Company

The Mighty Cone

Man Bites Dog

mmmpanadas

Conscious Cravings

Royitos Hot Sauce Streamer

Smokilicious Bar-B-Q

Osmos Kitchen

The Flying Carpet

Turf N Surf Po Boy

East Side King

Big Top Dogs

The Jalopy

Colibri Cuisine

The Flying Carpet

Kebabalicious

All-City Subs

86 This

Treys Cuisine

Cutie Pies

Cutie Pies

Holy Cacao

La Bote Caf

The Flying Carpet

Lil Mamas Delicious Desserts n More

Lil Mamas Delicious Desserts n More

Little Bean Bakery & Caf

Coolhaus

Gonzo Juice

Acknowledgements

The Trailer Food Diaries Cookbook and projects are dependent on many good people. I am grateful for my role in compiling and narrating and would like to acknowledge with deep appreciation the other characters in this cast. First, thank you, Mom and Dad, for patiently cheering me on when I quit my job to pursue a more passionate life. Thank you to my little girl, who came with me to many a trailer this year. Thank you to all the trailer food vendors for venturing creatively into your own passions. You are inspiring, and I love your food. Roy Spence, Charlie Jones, David Rockwood, thank you for believing in this project. Jenifer and John Martin, thank you for connecting me and coaching me. Maurine Winkley, thank you for being there through the entire process. All the founding ladies in the Gemini Moon Writers Group (Deborah Mastellato, Kimberly Key, Connie Quillen, Mollie Staffa, Kriss Kovach, Elizabeth Decker), thank you for all the late nights in the salon and the saloon. Jason Claurer, thank you for helping me connect with the right people at the right time. To the independent design team, whom I never met in person until we were a year into this: Tom Kirsch (Tom Kirsch Design) and Torquil Dewar (October Custom Publishing), your countless hours have made all the difference in completing this project. To photographers Laurie Virkstis, Stefani Spandau, Sarah Wilson, Rudy Arocha, Bill Lanier, Bonnie Berry Photography and all the photographers who submitted photos, thank you for your beautiful talent and contribution to this edition. To Greenleaf Book Group and The History Press, thank you for your enthusiasm and commitment to this series. Finally, thanks to everyone who has helped with Trailer Food Diaries: Marla Camp, Sarah Loden, Adam Christians, Bob Makela, Keith Maitland, Lisa McWilliams, Bob Gentry, Terry and Brooke Heller, Gabriel, the farmers and gardeners who produce our trailer food and all others who contributed heart and time.

You are all inspiring; you all made this cookbook. Its my intention that it inspire others to live their dreams or, at the very least, make some good food in the process.

Introduction

My great-grandfather Haskell came to the United States in the early 1900s and started his pursuit of the American dream with a mobile banana cart. As a Jew who had been living in an oppressive corner of Russia, he decided to take a leap of faith and get on a boat that would carry him to a place of new opportunities. Once he arrived in Galveston, Texas, he was a pretty sad sight. As was common practice, the immigration officers changed his last name upon entry to the States. He didnt have a home, didnt speak English yet and had no money, no family with him or anything that resembled the life he knew in Eastern Europe.

What he did have was a dream. With his humble personality, along with dependability, he garnered the trust of a local banker who took a chance on this out-of-place character. He purchased a mobile food cart and began selling bananas for a penny each in Hamilton, Texas. Over time, the banana cart turned into a fruit stand. Eventually, he opened five general stores throughout central Texas and sent back for his family in Russia. Haskell Harelik showed up for his life. He didnt give up.

Flash forward to 2009. In modest comparison with my great-grandfathers experience, I wasnt happy. I took a leap of faith and quit the eight-to-five world to embark on new territory. I had no money and no road map. What I did have was an authentic desire to find a better way. A few months later, I went on a trailer food crawl with some girlfriends, but the trailers we wanted to visit were closed or we couldnt find them. Frustrated by this experience but still curious about the food trucks, I began connecting the dots of what would become the