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Inland Empire Community Newspapers • August 9, 2012 • Page A15 Gourmet food trucks featured at car show chicken on top of buttermilk frost - Cheese in the Country ing. “By far, the single best thing I by Dailymeal.com. [tried] was the Breakfast Cake The Red Robin Yummm Mobile from My Delight Cupcakery in serves up the favorites of their all- Ontario. It was like a buttermilk American brick and mortar restau - pancake, whipped maple syrup rant in a convenient, on-the-go and bacon in a cupcake. I can’t be - style. Everything from gourmet lieve that I didn’t buy a dozen,” hamburgers to BBQ chicken sand - said a Los Angeles Times writer. wiches and fresh-tossed salads Cupcakes range from $2.00 to grace the Yummm Mobile’s menu. $4.00. According to the Dogtown Dogs For those looking to cool off at website, each on the menu the auto show, stop by one of the presents a sophisticated variation southland’s most sought-after food of traditional favorites with an in - trucks, A RockIn Ice. Recently on novative spin. These dogs’ soulful the Food Network’s online Great flavors elicit a sense of nostalgia Race, A RockIn Ice and with more than 7,000 Twitter serves up refreshing Hawaiian followers, the Dogtown Dogs food shave ice in a rainbow of both truck is on its way to becoming a tropical and decadent flavors. So Cal favorite. For the carnivorous show goers, Thai 1 On comes all the way Slammin’ Sliders serves up a from sunny San Diego with a mouthful of meat goodness hot claim to fame as the city’s first IECN COURTESY PHOTO and ready between two buns. food truck. Thai food lovers will The Inland Empire Auto Show, the only one of its kind in the Inland Empire, is similar to the LA “Slammin’ Sliders is the expert, be in luck at the IE Auto Show be - Auto Show, but on a smaller scale. The show, which will be held Aug. 24 - 26 at the Ontario Con - serving gourmet sliders: delicious, cause this food truck serves up de - vention Center will not only feature the latest automobiles, but delicious gourmet food trucks as inventive, crave-worthy sliders licious eats inspired by Thailand's well. that will have you coming back culture. again, and again, and again,” ac - Bacon fans rejoice because the By Annemarie Paxton The Inland Empire Auto Show is the hunger pangs set in, the Food cording to Foodtrucktalk.com. BACON MANia truck will be at the only one of its kinds in River - Truck Zone awaits with an entire One of the most anticipated food the Inland Empire Auto Show all side and San Bernardino counties, array of tastes. here is yet another food trucks at the Inland Empire Auto three days serving unabashedly and is similar to the Los Angeles My Delight Cupcakery offers a truck event that is sure to Show is The Truck. American, unapologetic man-food Auto Show, only on a smaller traveling array of confectionary delight foodies, the “Food With an inventive spin on the from a fun, friendly and a little bit scale. treats, sure to satisfy the most dis - TTruck Zone” at the Inland Empire childhood favorite grilled cheese funky nomadic food truck. Show goers can check out the criminating sweet tooth. Pastry Auto Show to take place Friday - , The Grilled Cheese For tickets for the show and to hottest cars and trucks from top Chef, Naomi Moreno, whips her Sunday, Aug. 24 - 26 that will fea - Truck has been named the number get one’s fill at these acclaimed auto manufacturers such as Toy - delectable mini-cakes flavors such ture nearly a dozen food trucks at one food truck of 2011 by the LA food trucks, log onto www.IEAu - ota, Subaru, General Motors, as “birthday” – a take on the clas - the Ontario Convention Center Hotlist, and their Cheesy Mac & toShow.com . Tickets are also Chrysler, Fiat, Volkswagen and sic birthday cake with sprinkles – such as the familiar Grilled Cheese Rib sandwich was called one of available at the door. many more at the Inland Empire and the “late night breakfast” – a Truck and My Delight Cupcakery. the Most Outrageous Grilled Auto Show. When attendees feel waffle-inspired cupcake with fried Words to Think About: Keep your fork By G. W. Abersold Ph.D most Christians did. went to Kaiser Hospital. Dee was no evil for God is with me.” She TO UNDERSTAND THE IM - in and out of consciousness. When then asked me to write it down so few years ago I heard a PLICATION OF THIS STORY she was alert she asked me for she could read it. She would never very inspiring and moti - YOU MUST HAVE ATTENDED some word that would encourage remember it. I did on a napkin by vating story. It went like POTLUCKS. AS A RETIRED her. her bed. She died a few hours later. thAis. MINISTER I’VE BEEN TO My mind went blank except for a I shared that incident with the au - There was a Christian lady who HUNDREDS OF THEM. YOU phrase from the 23rd Psalm. “Yea dience at Dee’s funeral. Those was diagnosed with a terminal ill - ARE ALWAYS URGED TO though I walk through the valley words are for us. You and me. ness and had been given three HANG ON TO YOUR FORK. of the shadow of death, I will fear Amen. Selah. So be it. months to live. So as she was get - DESSERT IS JUST AHEAD. ting her things “in order,” she con - At her funeral people were walk - tacted her pastor and had him ing by the woman’s casket and come to her house to discuss cer - The woman explained, “In all my they saw the pretty dress she was tain aspects of her final wishes. years of attending church socials wearing, her favorite Bible, and She told him which songs she and potluck dinners, I always re - the fork placed in her right hand. wanted sung at the service, what member that when the dishes of Over and over, the pastor heard the scriptures she would like read, and the main course were being question “What’s with the fork?” what outfits she wanted to be cleared, someone would inevitably And over and over he smiled. buried in. The woman also re - lean over and say, “Keep your During his message, the pastor quested to be buried with her fa - fork.” It was my favorite part be - told the people of the conversation vorite Bible. cause I knew that something better he had with the woman shortly be - Everything was in order and the was coming . . . like velvety fore she died. He also told them pastor was preparing to leave chocolate cake or deep-dish apple about the fork and about what it when the woman suddenly re - pie. Something wonderful, and symbolized to her. The pastor told membered something very impor - with substance! So, I just want the people how he could not stop tant to her. “There’s one more people to see me there in that cas - thinking about the fork and told thing,” she said excitedly. “What’s ket with a fork in my hand and I them that they probably would not Unnddeer Neww Ownerrsshhiip! that?” came the pastor’s reply. want them to wonder, “What’s be able to stop thinking about it ei - “This is very important,” the with the fork?” Then I want you to ther. He was right. So the next woman continued. “I want to be tell them: “Keep your fork. The time you reach down for your fork, buried with a fork in my right best is yet to come.” let it remind you ever so gently, hand.” The pastor’s eyes welled up with that the best is yet to come. The pastor stood looking at the tears of joy as he hugged the A few years ago when I was a woman, not knowing quite what to woman good-bye. He knew this pastor, Dee was a member and was say. “That surprises you, doesn’t would be one of the last times he terminally ill with cancer. I was on it? The woman asked. “Well, to be would see her before her death. vacation in Australia and was no - honest, I’m puzzled by the re - But he also knew that the woman tified by my secretary that she was NEW quest,” said the pastor. had a better grasp of Heaven than dying and would like to see me. 100% Hand Car Wash ALL AMERICAN PACKAGE I immediately flew home and 00 00 TFC • College students that are in their weeks. $3 Adobe software Senior year or Compensation: off $5 Red, White & Blue Packages Only! 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