5 awesome U.S. food trucks worth chasing

Wed, 03/14/2012 - 23:00 — Anonymous by Alex JungA few years ago, spurred by
an economic malaise, many professionally trained chefs began taking to the
streets -- in trucks. Once known by the unsavory moniker "roach coaches,"
food trucks have since experienced a renaissance. Plugged into social media
such as Twitter and Facebook, sourcing local ingredients and sporting graphic
eye-catching designs, food trucks have transformed the American food scene in
a few short years. Historically, food trucks provided meals to folk who
didn't have ready access to food, whether as a canteen for soldiers or a
lunch truck for construction workers. "Nobody wanted to eat off of them
because they were not good food," says Tony Chen, the blogger of SinoSoul
based in Los Angeles. read more