A Letter from the Beet’s Resident Forager – Looking for Help Getting His Food Truck Going

E-Dogz is more than just a food truck, it is a Mobile Culinary Community Center. And what exactly does that mean? Food is a medium for social interaction. All over the world, street food- food that is prepared and served in public- provides moments which bring together communities. My city, Chicago, has a distinct lack of this type of culture. I would like to launch this project as a means for not only serving great food, but also ideas and conversation about food. I would like to inform and stimulate people’s relationships and attitudes towards what they eat.

The Center will host a range of public activities that will inspire community conviviality such as block parties, cook-offs, and a visiting chef series that will feature everyone from professionals, to amateurs, budding young cooks, and talented grandmas. The Center will also host educational programming such as cooking demonstrations and urban food awareness workshops. Even through the cuisine itself, which will feature unlikely ingredients that may be foraged from the landscape or grown at the Center itself, an awareness and appreciation of food sources will be promoted.

Some of you will be familiar with the Kickstarter website for small project fundraising. It is incredibly easy to use and pretty fun to look at. Please consider making a small donation for the project through this website. It can be as small as $1. I will have 45 days to reach my fundraising goal and they only release funds to fully funded projects. I have some pretty cool rewards for donating a variety of levels which will be spelled out on the site. The address for my project is:

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525541465/e-dogz-mobile-culinary-community-center