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

ground beef recall Arizona

from the press release

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2012 – Sysco Seattle Inc., a Seattle, Wash. firm, is recalling approximately 16,800 pounds of ground beef patties imported from Canada because they may have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following products are subject to recall: View Labels

10 lb. boxes of PRIME RIB BEEF PATTIES 8 oz, with product code 55317, and production code 11 NO 22
10 lb boxes of PRIME RIB BEEF PATTIES 71g, with product code 55391 and bearing a production code of 11 SE 01 or 12 JA 04

Since the issuance of the Public Health Alert, FSIS has learned that Sysco was contacted by the Canadian firm and began notifying their customers on March 20. FSIS was unaware of the firm’s actions and proceeded with the Public Health Alert out of an abundance of caution.

Imported products were produced by New Food Classics of Burlington, Ontario and were imported by Sysco Seattle Inc., for distribution to restaurants in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Washington.

Consumers with questions should contact Susan Linn at 832.489.1799. Media with questions about the recall should contact Charley Wilson at 281-584-2423

E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness.

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.