The Taco Truck

Intriguing Investigation. This academic study of exactly what is a ‘taco truck' - and yes, the author makes a very clear distinction between the original concept of a taco truck vs the food trucks so common in American cities and American media today - and how the practices of taco trucks enabled and evolved with and through the food truck revolution truly is extremely intriguing. The dry academic prose is a bit of a knock for a more widespread audience, which could benefit from reading the analysis here, but is surmountable - I personally used my Kindle Fire's text to speech option, and in that manner I was able to process the book far more readily. In particular, the various ways the taco trucks and later food trucks have anarchically evolved in each of the three markets studied was simply amazing to see, and the author's in depth knowledge of these issues - apparently he has been studying them for at least 15 years at this time - is readily apparent. Overall the dry academic prose isn't enough to take away from the history and strong analysis here, so it still rates as 5 stars.