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This is so off the wall that I had to share it. Someone at the City of Tucson has a quirky sense of humor. This blog post has nothing to do with food and everything to do with recycling.

from the City of Tucson press release

City of Tucson Environmental Services (ES) is offering a tour of the Los Reales Landfill and the ReCommunity, Inc. Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Participants will get a ‘behind the scenes’ view and learn how ES operates the landfill and how recyclables collected in the blue barrel are sorted and marketed.

The first stop will be the ReCommunity recycling facility which opened in July 2012. The new facility has allowed ES to accept an expanded list of materials for recycling (YAY!) due to the state-of-the art equipment used for sorting materials.

At the Los Reales Landfill, participants see how ES handles household hazardous waste and hear how construction of the landfill cells protects groundwater. Those on the tour also will see landfill operations and learn how methane gas generated at the landfill is used as a renewable energy source.

Tour participants will meet in the upper level parking lot at 4004 S. Park Avenue on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. The tour will be complete by 12:15 p.m. Those who join the tour should wear long pants, closed-toe shoes, hats and sunscreen. Drinking water will be provided. The tour is not for children younger than age 14. The tour is available on a first come basis.

Show your love by booking your honey and yourself for a tour of the landfill. To reserve a seat, call ES at 791-3175 by Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

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After the tour, you probably worked up an appetite. In that case, go for an Aphrodisiac-Lunch-for Two at Ghini’s French Caffe which includes wine and dessert for $25/couple. Hours are from 11 am to 3 pm (Feb. 14 only).

Location:
1803 E. Prince Road (at Campbell)
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 326-9095

Hungry?

from the press release

Tucson Food Truck Roundup
30+ mobile kitchens
Sunday, April 1, 2012
4pm to 8pm

Benjamin Plumbing Supply Parking Lot, 76 E. Sixth Street, Tucson

Free to attend Tucson’s most unique underground event.

30+ mobile kitchens from Tucson,. .and Phoenix, will present their latest menus to choose from.

Bar-B-Que, German Food, Mexican Gourmet, grass fed meat hamburgers, salad varieties, Cuban sandwiches, Chinese food, meatball sandwiches, kettle corn varieties, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options

Handmade ice cream, innovative popsicles and frozen pastries, Sonoran hot dogs, cupcakes like you’ve never seen

But,  just come watch Jupiter and Venus chase the sun to the western horizon.

40 tables and over 100 chairs available, but people will think you’re smart if you bring that folding chair with you

Beautiful music by A Son y Sol and Armen Sarrafian.

Live Art Action by David Tineo, Melo Dominguez, and rising star, Marisa Muro

The Roundup Library will make an appearance.

The Great Tucson Iditarod Race prizes will be awarded at 5:30pm.

Check out TucsonfoodtruckROUNDUP.com for future Roundup dates and special events.

It’s April Fool’s Day. If you like, wear something. . .special. . on your head.

Check out the Trucks:

Seis Curbside Mexican Gourmet
Jones St. Bistro
The Patty Wagon (KZ: such a clever name)
Ni Hao Amigos
Cyclopsicle
German Food Station
Stolen Recipe BBQ
The Corn Roasters
Isabella’s Ice Cream
RobDogs (also has soy dogs available)
Baja Tacos
Vero Amore Neapolitan Style Pizza

Also,
Q-UP! BBQ
Foodie Fleet
Street Delights
Trucking Good Cupcakes
Luncha Libre (KZ: makes a damn good panini)
Espresso to the Rescue
Pin-up Pastries
Animal Farm
Cook’s Kettle Corn
Jamie’s Bitchen Kitchen
Morgan’s Home Cookin’
Mike’s Roadside Cafe
The Mobile Bistro
and more.

Part of the proceeds go to Dinnerware Artspace, who, is in search of a new home.

Coming soon: Another edition of Neighborhood Chef.  (KZ: Hmmm, what neighborhood will be so lucky?)

Written by
David Aguirre
Director

AZ food safety alerts on Twitter

The FDA is finally making some good use of Twitter by asking people to follow safety alerts for their own state.

So for you Arizonans, if you don’t care about food recalls in upstate New York, but want to know what is going on food safety wise right here in Arizona, follow:

@AZ_FSISAlert

The FSIS stands for Food Safety and Inspection Services.

“”These new Twitter feeds provide yet another mechanism for us to provide consumers with critical updates and relevant information they need to protect their families from foodborne illness,” USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen said. “The immediacy of information-sharing through social media is unparalleled, and we believe these timely, targeted updates will better protect public health.”

Here’s a complete list of  Twitter feeds by state.