Local Crush chef Jason Wilson (and James Beard award winner) has helped create the menu for a new kind of food truck – the Couscous Caravan – which aims to bring the near east inspired tastes of the Queen Anne hill chef to the rest of the city.
The project is not only inspired by Wilson’s strong culinary ties to the Queen Anne neighborhood, but the topography of the hill as well.
“From March 22 to May 15, the Couscous Caravan will be hitting the streets of Seattle and serving up free tastes of dishes made with Near East Couscous and local ingredients, including a Couscous Chicken Crunch developed by Chef Wilson and inspired by how Queen Anne Hill looks from a distance – layered. The dish’s layers of pears, apples and romaine are reminiscent of the neighborhood’s unique and compelling stacked architecture and the steep hill they call home,” writes communications representative Elise Abbott.
The Caravan, which is being run by couscous brand Near East, will be dishing up its eats at the Whole Foods in Interbay (at 2001 15th Ave W) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. To find out where the Couscous Caravan will be each week, follow @NearEastDish on Twitter or go to the Notes tab on Near East Dish’s Facebook page. See the current schedule here.
The Couscous Caravan will also be doing a couscous donation program to help fight hunger in Washington state. Details below:
In addition to free samples of couscous dishes, the Couscous Caravan will be giving out free recipe booklets and coupons, as well as free “I <3 Couscous” t-shirts at select stops.
From March 15 to May 15, readers can also help fight hunger in Washington through Twitter and Facebook – for every tweet @NearEastDish with #CouscousCaravan, Near East will donate one box of couscous to the Northwest Harvest hunger relief agency.
Even better, Near East will also double the donation to two boxes for each photo posted to Twitter or Facebook (up to 10,000 boxes).
To trigger a donation of two boxes of couscous, each photo posted to Twitter must include @NearEastDish and #CouscousCaravan. For photos posted to Facebook, users must first “like” Near East Dish on Facebook and tag Near East Dish in the photo.
Want to learn more about the Couscous Caravan? Check out this behind the scenes video: