As I approached the Daley Center in Chicago today, I saw they had a caravan of food trucks circled on the plaza. My stomach started growling as I thought about the meme of Taco Trucks On Every Corner as a threat if Hillary was elected. I, for one, would love to have more ethnic food trucks available. After all, the best restaurants present ethnic French and Italian food. I’m not even sure I’ve tasted REAL American food, that is, from the cooking fires of Native Americans.

Then I started thinking again about Trump’s depiction of asylum seekers and I think he has it all wrong. Those people with the wherewithal, the drive, and the physical stamina to trek toward America are exactly the kind of people we need to innovate and restore our country to greatness.

I, for one, think we should have a caravan of ethnic food trucks travel alongside these asylum seekers. In the 2014 movie, Chef, an unhappy gourmet chef took to the road and opened a gourmet food truck, innovating along the way.

Perhaps some chefs could use this caravan to get back to their roots and/or put some zest back into their lives.

There should be an advance team promoting the food festival as it approaches communities along the way. The advance team will arrange for the ingredients needed for the coming feast.

Inviting those communities along the route to contribute as well as partake in the feast builds communities, friendships, and makes a lasting contribution to an international caravan cook book.

We could invite teachers so that children and adults could have history, English, and writing lessons along the way. Each child and adult should be a contributor to the caravan blog about their travels, in both their native language and in English. We need children and adults to be ready to jump into public schools and workplaces in the US.

Perhaps some musicians could join the caravan, videographers, and other idea people. Who else?

I’d be thrilled if I were invited to blog and travel with them, if someone could loan an RV.

In the meantime, I’m still trying to decide which food truck I should visit at the Daley center. You can be sure that I’ll share whatever I buy with my friends there.