Glorious Meals on Wheels

Tucson’s Best Kept Secret

For a delightful and inexpensive night of tasteful exploration, try the Tucson Food Truck Roundup.

This Sunday, January 29, 4-8 pm, corner of Sixth Street/Seventh Avenue

Each Food Truck is its own kitchen on wheels. Each chef has her/his own way of combining fresh ingredients. We like keeping this event relatively unknown, and kind of small, so that we can all enjoy sampling different food truck cuisine. A little Sunday afternoon exploration.

Tables and chairs will be set up at the Benjamin Plumbing Supply parking lot and Tucson’s food trucks are invited to drop by.

Participating Food Trucks and brief description:
Mafooco (Korean Tacos)
Jane’s Rolling Wok (Chinese)
Guero Loco Bubba Q (smoked meats)
Jamie’s Bitchen Kitchen (Cuban sandwich)
Robdogs (variety of toppings. soy dogs, too.)
Red Pepper Mexican Gourmet
Jones St. Bistro (Premier Appearance!)
Cyclopsicle (frozen dessert on a stick)
Luncha Libre (Mexican gourmet)
Stolen Recipe BBQ (delicious smoked BBQ)
Baja Tacos (seafood oriented tacos)
Isabella’s Ice Cream (dairy and nondairy)
Street Delights (one word: pie)
Shinobu Diego’s Tacos y Burritos
Pinup Pastries (whoopie pies with a smile)
Street Kitchen (sesame chicken with zucchini tempura, edamame)
Vero Amore Neopolitan Pizza
Jake’s Donuts and Funnel Cakes (New to the Roundup!)
Seis Curbside (Mexican Nouveau cuisine)
Planet of the Crepes, 5 pm arrival (sweet or savory)
Possibly – Animal Farm after the Gem Show
Roasted Corn on the cob
Q UP! Barbeque(BBQ nachos, chicken wings)

Vegetarian samplings also available throughout.

On stage:
4:30 – 6 – The Shawn Kebler Trio (Jazz Fusion)

6:15 – 7:45 Those Beatles Guys (Beatles Tribute)

Thanks to Benjamin Plumbing Supply, the Southern Arizona Arts and Culture Alliance (SAACA), Yelp.com, JulieGraphics.com, and Tucson Food Trucks.

`A portion of the proceeds support Dinnerware Artspace.
`See Artists in Action: Mel Dominguez and David Tineo.
`The Art Library will be set up. Look through arts related books.
`Balloon twisting entertainment in food lines, and other buskers.
`Lots of onsite parking, and on street parking.
`Yappy Hour – bring friendly dogs

If you’re using your map app, enter: 76 E. Sixth Street, Tucson, Az. for directions.

The next Tucson Food Truck Roundup will gather February 6h, at the parking lot of the Tower Theatres in Marana, 5 -9 pm.
MyTowerTheatres.com for directions.

Food Truck Roundup - Jan 9

A variety of menu items to sample, watch the full moon rise, see The WonderFools, see an art exhibit by Neil Collins, listen to live music by ToReeNee Wolf.

Tucson Food Truck Roundup!
Monday, January 9, 2012
5-9 pm

New Location: 76 E. Sixth Street.
(Sixth Street/7th Ave). Parking on site.

Huge selection of Tucson Food Trucks, and 1-2 menu item descriptions:
-Guero Loco’s Bubba-Que, (“sMoK’n….up some BBq”)
-The Patty Wagon, (Gourmet hamburgers)
-Animal Farm, (falafel with tzatziki sauce, Berkshire pork belly banh mi)

-Mafooco, (Korean Tacos, Kimchi Quesadillas)
-Robdogs, (variety of hot dogs, toppings including chili or sauerkraut)
-Jamie’s Bitchin’ Kitchen, (Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Mojo Criollo Pork Cuban Sandwich)

-Cyclopsicle,(mango dipped in Chipotle Chocolate)
-Seis Curbside Kitchen, (Mexican food with a flare: yucatan tacos, burros, panuchas stuffed with black beans.)
-Pin Up Pastries, (Tracy’s whoopie pies, cake ops, cupcakes)

-Street Delights, (Variety of pies, creme brulee, chocolate cake)
-Stolen Recipe BBQ, (St. Louis style ribs smoked over pecan wood.)
-Vero Amore (Authentic Neapolitan Pizza)
-from Phoenix: Luncha Libre, (Oaxaca Quesadillas, Tortas, SW Salads)

An inexpensive dining night out with great company.
Live Music by ToReeNee Wolf,
Performance by The WonderFools,
Art exhibit by Neil Adam Collins, and
Arts activities for kids.

And don’t forget, it’s Yappy Hour! So, bring the pet!

A project of Dinnerware Artspace and Tucson Food Trucks.

What are your TJ's favorites?

Here are Trader Joe’s or TJ’s top 28 (that’s an odd number, actually it’s an even number) but why 28? Why not 25 or 30?

Anyway I missed the voting but apparently thousands of other Trader Joe’s customers voted via email on their favorites. What are your favorites?

1. Frozen Mandarin Orange Chicken
2. Triple Ginger Snap Cookies – Yes! Crumble or pulverize in the blender and sprinkle over oatmeal, yogurt, ice cream, fruit salad, berries.
3. Greek Yogurt – For years I’ve been eating crappy yogurt. Greek yogurt is for your inner gods and goddesses.
4. Hummus (Chipotle, Jalapeno Cilantro, Mediterranean) – My favorite is the jalapeno.
5. Candy Cane Joe Joe’s Cookies*
6. Frozen Chocolate Croissants
7. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
8. Valencia Peanut Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds – I would put this on my least favorites list.
9. Frozen Mac ‘n Cheese
10. Charles Shaw Wines – I am so over three buck Chuck.
11. Dark Chocolate Almonds
12. Speculoos Cookie Butter**
13. Roasted Seaweed Snack – I did not like this.
14. Olive Oil Popcorn – Beats buttered popcorn any day
15. Raisin Rosemary Crisps – Delicious but $3.99 for a small box is outrageous, at this rate you would be paying more than $25 for a pound of crackers.
16. Dark Chocolate Almonds with Sea Salt & Turbinado Sugar
17. Soy Chorizo
18. Frozen French Onion Soup
19. Meyer Lemon Cookie Thins – Meyer lemon anything would taste fab.
20. Frozen Fire Roasted Bell Peppers and Onions – This mix comes in handy for a base for omelets or stir-fry.
21. Frozen Turkey Meatballs – Yes, they’re a staple in my freezer.
22. Chocolate Covered Potato Chips – OMG! Thank goodness I never saw this item.
23. Bananas
24. Steamed Lentils
25. Frozen Palak Paneer
26. Frozen Chicken Potstickers
27. Lemon & Triple Ginger Snap Ice Cream – I wanted to buy but knew it would be a big dieting mistake. Here’s a good idea. Make a crust from the triple ginger snaps and fill the shell with ice cream and sprinkle with dark chocolate almonds.
28. Frozen Pear Tarte – My friend brought this to a recent potluck at my house. Oh, heavenly pear.

*Candy Cane Joe Joe’s are available only during the holiday-winter season. To be so seasonable and still make the list is commendable.

**Speculoos Cookie Butter is temporarily unavailable due to its overwhelming popularity. More is due to arrive soon, and it’s definitely worth the wait – it’s cookie butter! Sounds awesome and out of my caloric reach. Here’s one woman’s raves…

The thing about TJ’s is — don’t become enamored with a product as they come and go and disappear as do suppliers of the products.

Here is the 2010 list. There were 50 favorites, many repeats but the #1 and #2 products are still in the same ranking.

What are your TJ favorites?