Comfort Truck – Food Truck of the Week

It was hip hop icon Mary J. Blige who first described chef Brian Hill's golden fried tortilla chip as  "crack chips." And the name has stuck. In fact, it's his signature dish – though goodness knows, he offers enough other addictive dishes for this to be the "Crack Truck" instead of the "Comfort Truck" – though the legal problems with that possible name are legion.

Since arriving in Los Angeles from Washington, DC, chef Brian has worked as a personal chef for Mary J., along with Eddie Murphy and Mariah Carey – a career arc that led to a starring role on the Food Network show The Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. And thanks to his food truck, those of us who number among the Great Unwashed can taste creations like his tomato, white bean and corn relish with crack chips, his six chicken sliders, his jerk beef slider, his chicken and beef wraps – and his golden fried chicken wingettes, another Mary J. favorite. Our suggestion: track him down, before chef Brian becomes a bigger star than the stars he cooks for.