Street Food Diaries : Irresistible Recipes Inspired by the Street

Bring the street food movement into your kitchen and make the easiest, tastiest, and most original street food at home! There’s simply nothing tastier than homemade food cooked from scratch. And these days, the street is where you’ll find the best homemade dishes you’ve ever tasted. Whether he’s serving up outrageously delicious sandwiches from his popular Fidel Gastro’s food truck or across North America on the hit reality TV show Rebel Without a Kitchen, Matt Basile is always looking for inspiration to create amazing food that is simple enough to be mobile, different enough to make you talk about it, and awesome enough to make you crave it! Street Food Diaries features over 85 irresistible and original street food recipes plus mouthwatering photography and stories of the food and people at the core of street food culture. Matt’s recipes are fun, outrageously delicious, and totally inspired by the most vibrant food movement on the planet. So, try your hand at making Peanut Butter Cookie Fish & Chips Sandwiches, Philly Cheesesteak Tostadas, Maple Habanero Turkey Wings, Pad Thai Fries, or the infamous Alabama Tailgaters. If it’s on a stick, in a bun, or covered in bacon (a lot of bacon!), then it’s in Street Food Diaries! Street food is as much about roots and stories as it is about recipes and ingredients. Matt Basile learned to cook from his grandfather and was taught that the most amazing food is always simple and brings people together. Street food is no different, inspired by both home cooked meals and stories. Whether serving up crazy sandwiches from his popular Fidel Gastro Food Truck or travelling across North America on the hit reality TV show Rebel Without a Kitchen, Matt is always looking for inspiration to create amazing food that is simple enough to be mobile, different enough to make you talk about it, and awesome enough to make you crave it! Featuring over a hundred irresistible street-food dishes plus gorgeous photography of the food and people at the core of street-food culture, these recipes are fun and totally inspired by the most vibrant food movement on the planet. Try your hand at making peanut- butter-cookie-crusted fish-and-chip sandwiches, Philly cheesesteak tostadas, deep-fried sandwiches, or the infamous Alabama tailgaters. If its on a stick, in a bun, or covered in bacon, then its in Street Food Diaries!