Portland's new slogan "keep it weird" could also be applied to its booming food cart industry, which boasts over 500 food carts, each with a colourful title and unique dishes to share. Various "pods" (parking lots that house several carts) are scattered throughout Portland, making street food a way of life.

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Jen Chan publishes foodpr0n.com, a site focused on documenting her food adventures around Toronto and abroad. Outspoken and talkative, she has participated on panels at the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association show and Eat Up TO, and has written for NOW Magazine and Spotlight Toronto. She is a contributing member of the Chinese Restaurant Awards Toronto and Opinionated About Dining.

"Suresh Doss is the series editor of StreetEats and the editor and publisher of SpotlightToronto.com. He has also written for West of the City, City Bites, TV Ontario, AM 640, Ontario Culinary and Postcity.com. In 2011, Suresh was awarded the VQA Promoter's Award for outstanding achievement in the promotion of Ontario VQA wines. In 2011, he launched the Food Truck Eats movement to support gourmet food trucks and hosted a series of events that dramatically raised the profile of street food. Since 2011, his Food Truck Eats team has hosted some of the largest street food festivals in Canada."