The Tucson Festival of Books is returning to the University of Arizona on Saturday, March 9 – Sunday, March 10 and you better believe there’s going to be some yummy food to consider, too. I mean, you may as well feed your belly since your mind is being fed all sorts of knowledge from the visiting authors, right?
The Tucson Festival of Books is considered to be one of the largest fundraisers for the community and those in the culinary world benefit as well.
The local food vendors setting up at this year’s festival are listed below. Also, take a look at the online map to start planning your food adventure.
Burger from CowPig food truck (Photo by Mark Whittaker)
Participating Food Vendors
West Food Court
Renee’s Organic Oven — booth 170 – Cheese and pepperoni pizza by the slice, hummus tostada, Greek salad, and Boulder Canyon chips
Flora’s Market Run — booth 169 – Caesar salad, Flora’s animal-style burger, mac and cheese, chicken salad sandwich
Beyond Bread — booth 162 – Half sandwiches, chips, cookies, muffins, and kid’s half peanut butter and jelly
Hot Bamboo — booth 164 – Handmade steamed buns created with a fluffy wheat dough and stuffed with filling variations such as the traditional Chinese-style barbecue pork, Japanese-style ground pork, teriyaki chicken, and tofu
New Delhi Palace — booth 163 – Authentic dishes from all over India
Kabob Shack — booth 478 – Fruit kabobs covered in chocolate
Hawaiian Shaved Ice — booth 479 – Snow cones
Hot Pops Kettle Corn — booth 477 – Kettle corn
Science City
Country Lemonade — booth 508 – Lemonade and tea
Dante’s Fire — booth 529 – Tacos, chicken Philly, monte cristo grilled cheese, and chicken alfredo mac and cheese.
Sonoran Hotdogs — booth 530 – Sonoran dogs!
Just Churros — booth 531 – Churros!
Drink
Lemons on the Loose — booth 439 – Lemonade
Jake’s Lemonade — booth 108 – Lemonade
Transit Tea — booth 443 – Hand-crafted iced tea and chai made to order. Tea reimagined. Let your imagination run wild.
Stacks Book Club — booth 243 – Espresso, tea, coffee-based drinks, and lotus-plant energy beverages
(Photo courtesy of Just Churros)
The Tucson Festival of Books takes place at the University of Arizona on the UA Mall. For more information, visit tucsonfestivalofbooks.org.
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At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.
He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.
If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.