Tonight - November 14

What happens when Food Trucks invade downtown Tucson? Tonight of all nights…it’s cold outside. Better have some hot chocolate!

Eat their food – indoor/outdoor event

Monday, December 5 – Tucson Food Truck Roundup – 5 to 8 pm

Food Truck Invasion! from 6 to 9 pm – on Facebook

Theme for the evening: Food and 1950s Sci Fi

Join the early evening, Monday, dinner party for the whole family. It’s also yappy hour!

On the warehouse walls, enjoy 1950s sci fi movie trailers and “intermission” clips from 1960s drive-in theaters. Beer and wine by donation.

Dinnerware Artspace gets a percentage of all food sales.

Explore new worlds of culinary flavor. You might want curry. She might want kimchi. The kids might want a burger.

Sit inside, cafeteria style, with 1950s Sci Fi movie trailers on the screen.

Vegetarian and vegan options are also available.

Gabriela Galup of Maki Maki Puppet Theater will entertain the kids with her puppet shows. Crayons and paper provided for kids’ table.

Food Truck Invasion is sponsored by Julie Ray Creative.

Participating trucks so far:
Vero Amore Pizza Truck: wood fired pizzas

Jamie’s Bitchen Kitchen:
Caribbean Jerk Chicken, spicy chicken served with island rice and grilled pineapple.

MaFooCo: (Mexican-Asian Food Company)
Korean tacos and kimchi quesadillas…where kimchi meets Pancho Villa!

Kbork Tacos y Gorditas

Planet of the Crepes
Savory and sweet crepes

Patty Wagon (such a clever name)
Gourmet hamburgers

Bubba-Que smoked BBQ with tangy sauces

Dragoon Cafe
Chicken pecan green chile burritos, garlic-lime pulled pork sandwiches, (food sounds awesome) burgers, veggie burgers, spinach-feta tarts

Street Delights
Candied apples, banana split pie, peanut butter brownie cups, and more

Pin Up Pastries
Whoopie pies, cupcakes, cake pops and pastries

Trucking Good Cupcakes

Cyclopsicle
Handmade ice pops

Tarot Readings by Merrie Wolfie:

And, de Vie on vocals and piano.

Artwork by Patrick McArdle, ToReenee Wolf, and University of Arizona art students and graduates.

Alright! Not only is Tucson one of the 10 most intelligent cities but we also have a book festival that is rated in the U.S. Top 10.

This weekend Tucson Festival of Books happens at the UA Mall (students are on vacation). You won’t want to miss the 400+ authors of all genres including food plus nine acres of books, book signings, cookbooks, panels, presentations, personalities, events for foodies, delightful food court with your favorite Tucson restaurants and nosh, stuff for the kids, and more, more, more.

Movie lovers can come for a free screening of 3:10 to Yuma at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the Main Gate Square just west of the main University of Arizona campus, at University Boulevard and Tyndall Avenue. View the film as never before on a 30-by-30 outdoor screen. Screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt along with Tucson’s own Elmore Leonard will host a panel discussion at 4 p.m. and introduce the movie at 7 p.m.

We at Tucson Citizen have a booth so come by and say hi to us at the Star Pavilion/West Mall area. Celebrity blogger Geoff Notkin of Science Channel’s Meteorite Men fame and the Logical Lizard will be signing and selling his new book, Meteorite Hunting: How To Find Treasure From Space.

Here’s the Tucson Citizen schedule:

March 12, Saturday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Mark Evans, Editor
9 a.m. – Pamela Powers, Anthony Gimino
10 a.m. – Pamela Powers, Anthony Gimino, Bonnie Lewis
11 a.m. – Don Smith, Karl Hoffman, Anthony Gimino
Noon – Don Smith, Karl Hoffman, Steve Rivera, Anthony Gimino
1 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Steve Rivera, Carli Brosseau
2 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Carli Brosseau
3 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Andy Morales, Carli Brosseau
4 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Andy Morales, Carli Brosseau

March 13, Sunday
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Mark Evans
9 a.m. – Carolyn Classen, Anthony Gimino
10 a.m. – Carolyn Classen, Anthony Gimino, Bonnie Lewis
11 a.m. – Penelope Starr and Story Cart, Anthony Gimino
Noon – Penelope Starr and Story Cart, Karyn Zoldan, Anthony Gimino
1 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Karyn Zoldan, Carli Brosseau
2 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Carlos Galindo, Carli Brosseau
3 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Carlos Galindo, Carli Brosseau
4 p.m. – Geoff Notkin, Carli Brosseau

Thank you to Rachel Evans for assisting.

Food, Food, Food
I will also be in a panel for Food Writing 101 on Sunday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Integrated Learning Center – room 135.

Janos made chili rellenos on the Culinary Stage in 2010

Foodies can enjoy a delicious buffet of cookbook authors and food personalities like Barbara Fairchild, Daisy Martinez, Steve Raichlen of PBS/Primal Grill, Janos Wilder, Shirley Fong-Torres, author of “The Woman Who Ate Chinatown, a San Francisco Odyssey, and more.

For a complete foodie related schedule, click here.

(Top photo credit: Thomas Veneklasen via Arizona Republic; Janos Wilder, photo courtesy of ProVentures, Inc.)

Sunday March 6 – Food Justice Event in Tucson

The Community Food Bank’s Community Food Resource Center will host a Cultivating Food Justice event on Sunday, March 6, 2011 from 2 to 4 p.m. The event will be held at the Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus at 1255 North Stone Avenue (the northwest corner of Speedway and Stone). Enter through the main doors and follow the signs to the conference room.

Join guest Robert Gottlieb, co-author of Food Justice, in a community conversation about how to begin to share the risks and benefits of where, what and how food is grown, distributed, processed, accessed and eaten. Local panelists and Professor Gottleib will share stories about transformations in the food system. Refreshments and childcare will be available at this bilingual event. The event is free and all are welcome to attend.

Cultivating Food Justice is part of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative to prevent or reduce obesity through increased opportunities for improved nutrition and physical activity. Led by the Pima County Health Department, CPPW is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service.

For more information, contact Monica Garcia at (520) 622-0525 x 265

Coincidentally, Arizona ranks number 9 of the 10 states with the worst eating habits.