photo credit: Rudy Arocha |
Dynamic 4th generation Austinite
and Trailer Food guru Tiffany Harelik offers a unique perspective on stories of
food truck entrepreneurs and their recipes. With her Masters’ degree in Health
Psychology, and a background in festival production, she has been engaged in a
number of visionary projects including the Gypsy Picnic trailer food festival, Trailer Food Tuesdays and beyond.
Tiffany is inspired by her
great-grandfather Haskell Harelik who came to the states as a Russian immigrant
and opened a banana food-cart in the early 1900’s. His entrepreneurial endeavor
with the food cart ultimately led to opening five general stores in central
Texas. His and other similar stories are
why Tiffany writes the Trailer Food Diaries.
Her passion is promoting the American Dream, and those who are finding
their happiness in the niche market of food trailers.
Joined by her best friend and food truck entrepreneur, Maurine Winkley, the girls put their aprons on to add jams and sauces to the Trailer Food Diaries collection in the fall of 2012.