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About me
My Food Truck Journey
About me
My Story
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Karen Amaker grew up around food and began her culinary journey in her mom’s kitchen. Some of her earliest and fondest memories are baking a chocolate cake in her Easy Bake Oven, helping her mom make sweet potato pies, and making homemade mashed potatoes. Since then, Karen has continued cooking for her family and friends because food is her love language!
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Joy Of cooking
The joy of cooking and entrepreneurship is a part of my family’s DNA. My mom was one of many who shared their culinary skills. My dad, Raymond, and former owner of Candy Land and The Smoke House was a food entrepreneur. His last venture before retirement and his untimely passing in 2022 was a food truck, Ray’s Ribs, which he owned and operated for over 20 years in Hartford, Connecticut. As a young adult, I saw firsthand what was needed to start, grow, and sustain a food business.
Food is our common ground, a universal experience.
-James Beard-
About me
My Story
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, I grew up around food and began her culinary journey in her mom’s kitchen. Some of her earliest and fondest memories are baking a chocolate cake in her Easy Bake Oven, helping her mom make sweet potato pies, and making homemade mashed potatoes. Since then, Karen has continued cooking for her family and friends because food is her love language!
About me
My Foodtruck Journey
In 2021, after serving as an educator for over 25 years, Karen purchased a small school bus to begin her food truck business. Transforming the bus into a food truck has been a labor of love ever since. She is now the proud owner of Good for the Soul Food… a mash-up of soul food and Jamaican cuisine. The business concept was borne out of a desire to share her love of food creation with new and returning food lovers and continue her father’s legacy.
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Good for the Soul Food
I believe that food culture is what brings us together In response to that belief, she creates food that she and others will enjoy. Good for the Soul Food rotating and seasonal menu elevates signature dishes from African American and Jamaican cultures, like mac and cheese, candied yams, fried chicken, festival, curry chicken, rice and peas, and many other options. Using high-quality ingredients, Good for the Soul Food consistently produces made-from-scratch, flavorful food with added convenience and choice beyond the typical fast-food options.
Let Good for the Soul Food help you do something that feeds your soul!
Visit them on York Street. We are also available for catering.
Visit us this summer on York Street, Special Vending #17, New Haven, Connecticut. We are available now for catering.
