The Truck Food Cookbook: 150 Recipes and Ramblings from America's Best Restaurants on Wheels

Haaaaa, unfortunately I went healthy after I received this book. However, what a fun book it is. I will give you a short review to help you decide whether or not you might be interested in the book. I own a plethora of cookbooks. Yes I know recipes are all over the internet, and I use that too. However, I really like the old fashioned books.I am going to try a new review style for those of you, who like me, often don't want to read the blah blah blah of a review. The blah blah blah will follow the bullets. Here's my quick review:-content .....excellent-pictures of food......excellent-well written and easy to follow recipes.........excellent-skill needed to make.......little to experienced-able to make with common ingredients at home...........unlikely-planning needed...........significant-variety of foods............awesome-healthy............are you kidding me??-bonus.......there are little history stories attached to recipesShould you buy it? If you have a flare for fun and like to experiment then absolutely. You will have a blast with this book. If you need more blah blah blah then read on.A useful cookbook must have great pictures of the food we are going to cook. We eat first with our eyes, second with our noses and third with our mouths. If the picture is unappetizing or there are no pictures then I am less likely to cook that recipe. I want to know what my dish is suppose to look like.I like in your face and to the point recipes. Pretend I'm a moron and write the recipes so I can understand them. Pretend I have no idea what anything is and give me hints where I could buy the items. Step by step in plain English. Don't assume I know what you are talking about. Get the point?Well the writer of this book understood that and he wrote the book with easy to follow instructions and added humor, history and cool pictures. Well done. I have yet to cook from it due to family issues. However, my buddy's daughter is going to pull some recipes and we will try them on family. So, I will follow-up with the results. But I don't think you'll need the results to make a decision. If you are adventurous then you have already ordered the book.Good luck!

got this from my husband for my birthday. Tons of unique recipes you won't find anywhere else. And if you're like me and like to pick up cooking techniques from different cultures, this is great. I've made some of the most authentic taco-truck tacos at home thanks to this book, and my husband even requested I try the falafel recipe (and my husband never eats anything he can't pronounce as a rule). The roasted red salsa recipe is spot-on for mexican restaurant salsa.The one thing I will caution is due to the wide variety of cultural recipes you're going to need to buy a ton of weird ingredients that your grocery store may not have. I have made substitutes when necessary, but there's a few recipes that won't hold up unless I'm ordering ingredients from asianfoodgrocer.com or another specialty store.Also - when I'm cooking I don't like to have to flip back and forth in the book. Many of these recipes will refer you to several different sections of the book (one chapter for the marinade, Another for the sauce, and a third for the assembly and cooking instructions). An example of this - the East LA tacos recipe refers you to four different pages. One page for the tortillas, one for the assembly and chili vinaigrette instructions, another page for the salsa, and a fourth page for the pork. When you get to the page for the pork, it refers you to a fifth page for the marinade. So with all those different mini-recipes you need to complete one meal, your ingredient list is going to be lengthy and you run the risk of getting halfway through a recipe and then finding out you need to marinate something for three hours. I would be more likely to use this more regularly if each recipe was all in one place, but maybe that's just me.

I purchased this book as a birthday gift for my bro and when i looked through it, i was REALLY impressed at all the pictures. This is def. an amazing value for this high quality book. The recipes all look very delicious and i had to record some of the recipes so that i could try before i gave him the book. i am always worried about purchasing recipe books online because its hard to judge if its good or not over the internet...but it looked good from the other reviews and i am really happy that i bought it.

The wealth and variety of these recipes are incredible, and I loved the stories. These are such interesting vendors and trucks and they each have their own story with inspiration.

FYI: Most (if not all) of the recipes in this book are not the actual recipes used by or submitted by the food trucks highlighted. They are the author’s interpretation of or “riff” as he calls it.

Now that I have the information and ingredients, I can experiment on the food side of the project. May even try my hand at cooking some for other people. Been wanting to start some business like catering.....some of these recipes are so simple, but tasty and seem to go a long way. Great information. cjs

I bought this cookbook for my daughter because she lives in LA and loves food trucks. I kept the book for a few days before sending it to her so I could try some of the recipes. The book features food trucks across the U.S. but predominently features trucks on each coast, ie. Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, LA, NYC, Philadelphia, etc. I was disappointed that the book didn't include recipes from a couple food trucks we love but who would have thought there is so many! The book features many food trucks that I now plan to visit when I'm traveling in those areas! My favorite recipes in this book are Parker's Maple Butter from Parkers Waffles & Coffee of Portland, Cheater's Horchata from Tacos el Galuzo, and Avocado Crema. You will love the photos and easy to follow recipes. Hopefully, the author will follow this up with a second book in the series.

I bought this book >3 years ago and it is one of the few books I frequently consider when preparing something; counts for new stuff I want to try and makes sense for me to cook when I expect guests, or even for small parties.recipes are clearly described and easy to follow and except for some dishes they all can be prepared at home...

Honestly I do not understand the other reviewers, what were they expecting???I run a street food business here in the UK and this book has inspired us many many times, if you're looking for a "how to make a bacon roll" cookbook then surely this is not the right book but if you like trying new things then believe me this book is PACKED with tasty recipes, sloppy jerk pork sandwiches, tarragon & anchovy mayonnaise, egg/chorizo/coriander tacos and so on....Sure you will always meet the cup measurement problem but because of the true quality of the recipes in this book I don't think I should even knock a star off.If you're a true foodie I highly recommend you this book

This is a perfect book for someone who loves to cook and try new recipes! Nice pictures and recipes from across America! Its also different from a "regular" cookbook!!! Makes an excellent gift!

Déçu par un ouvrage qui n'aborde pas la street food par la qualité.C'est gras, sucré, noyé sous les sauces de toutes tendances...Bof et Beurk !

I received it as a gift and liked it so much that I bought it as a gift: fun, easy, practical, delicious and adventurous!