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A grab-and-go Mardi Gras menu gets good times rolling with portable New Orleans favorites

Grab-and-go items make Mardi Gras fun, portable and practical aboard Bryan Health’s faux food truck concept, the Faux’d truck.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

March 1, 2022

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In a busy hospital environment, the Mardi Gras revelry of New Orleans and Bourbon Street may seem far away, especially if you’re in Nebraska and it’s winter! But FM Chef to Watch Nazim Khan, executive chef of Bryan Health, has the solution.

Bryan Health’s roving fake food truck, Faux’d was more than ready to get the Mardi Gras menu revved up and rolling with festive menu items like gumbo, jambalaya and the traditional king cake.  

To Khan, New Orleans food “is comfort food done with clean French techniques,” he says. “I like New Orleans gumbo because it’s made with brown roux…I love the brown roux’s nutty flavor. Then, of course, the Cajun spices.”

The one-pot dish that makes a great bowl, jambalaya, reminds Khan of Spanish paella and biriyani in Bangladesh, a true “melting of flavors, proteins and starches,” he says. Check out the jambalaya and other Big Easy items found rolling on the Faux’d truck for Mardi Gras.

About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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