ANTH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Food Truck, Ice Cream, Foodie
13 Nov 2016
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Origins and development: provenance and origins late 19th to early 20th century in american cities and towns, food carts, loncheras, taco trucks (see arellano) Tale of two cities and two (or more cultures): l. a, california. and austin. Texas: in both cities: the predominant underlying influence of mexican cuisine, methods: study of social networking sites (twitter, facebook etc. Los angeles: los kogi seen as one of the pioneers of the nueva food truck culture. Choi chef and co-founder: uneven coverage of neighborhoods and smaller range of clientele: mostly young, upwardly mobile whites and asians. One stops 60% of kogi stops. Void rare mostly african american and latino neighborhood lower//working class: important role of asian american culture and clientele la has the biggest. Austin: chi"lantro food truck jae kim founder and chef, combination of bbq and tex mex and asian/latino fusion, asian and latino communities. Food trucks, fusion and foodies; the future of food trucks in 21st century.
