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Food Trucks

Reporting from the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium: "Taco Trucks and Crepes Trailers: Modern Texas Foodways"

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Melissa's Roasted Corn on Beechnut.

Frito Pie straight out of the bag at Refresquería Rio Verde. "One of the most incredible ways to prepare and serve a dish was Frito Pie. The operator actually takes a single serving bag of Fritos corn chips, slits it open on one side, then piles chili and cheese and peppers directly on top of the chips. They stick a plastic spoon down into the mixture and just hand you the bag to eat out of," Mosier said.

Breakfast tacos on fresh-made corn tortillas at Taquería Las Palmitas.

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