Philip Shen & Kim Pham 2014 USA Today Best Food Bloggers for “Behind the Food Carts!”
My first guest is Philip Shen co-creator of www.behindthefoodcarts.com and now co-authors Kim Pham and Terri Phillips of a really cool book; “Food Truck Road Trip – A Cookbook: More than 100 recipes Collected from the Best Street Food Vendors Coast to Coast.”
Kim, Phil and Terri traveled from state to state, visiting the best food trucks out there to get the incredible and authentic recipes that make their trucks some of the most popular in the country. This book includes delicious recipes for everything from sandwiches, soups and chilies to vegetarian dishes, classics with a twist and desserts—all straight from the cooks themselves. With the country’s food truck favorites made accessible in your own kitchen, you’ll deliver incredible and unique food at home you’d have to travel across the country to try.
Outstanding dishes include Prosciutto and Grape Pizza from The Urban Oven in Los Angeles, Maker’s Mark Fried Chicken from Big D’s Grub Truck in New York, Santa Fe Black Bean Burgers from Mix’d Up Food Truck in Atlanta and Pad Thai Tacos from The Peached Tortilla in Austin.
To get these recipes, the authors found and traveled to the most vibrant food truck cultures across the country, including: Southern and Northern California; New York City; Portland, Oregon; New Orleans; Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta; Minneapolis; Austin; Washington, D.C and Philadelphia.
I’ll also be talking to some of the local food truck entrepreneurs here in Wichita, many of them will be at the Christmas parade at the Water Walk between 12-2:00 p.m. Saturday December 13…TODAY.
Wine Spectator
Then will chat about the Wine Spectator Magazine’s 2014 Top-100 wines. I always look forward to seeing what the pro-wine-critics come up with and this year is a little unusual and very interesting. This week’s wine of the week is from the Jacob Liquor Exchange (North Rock Road) display of many of the Spectators Top-100. If you don’t get the magazine (you should 🙂 you can download the Top-100 HERE. Another list out this month is the Wine Enthusiast Top-100. You can get that list and all the variations…like top 100 Best Buys and top 100 Cellar Selections HERE.
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
Fowles Wine 2012 “Are You Game” Shiraz
#66 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2014
The 2012 edition has a “Dash” of Cabernet Sauvignon. (Fowles also produces a 2012 Shiraz with a “Dash” of Tempranillo.) This Shiraz is deep cherry red. On the nose black pepper, plum and cinnamon play with nutmeg and subtle oak notes. The palate is full of ripe red fruits and a medley of complex spices and integrated oak that lead to a velvety long finish.
Wine Spectator 91 – “Vivid, peppery and appealing, with cherry and blueberry fruit, revealing black pepper overtones and a polished texture. Lingers easily on the refined finish. Lively and graceful. Drink now through 2018.”
This is a great value wine and even with a screw cap I’m sure it will age for a few years and still be great. Pick up a bottle at Jacob Liquor on North Rock Road and join me…