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“We started talking about having a food truck many years ago,” said The Duck & Cat chef and owner Dana Christensen . “And then life intervened—in 2023 my brother passed. Then, my dad’s Alzheimer's disease progressed, and I became his primary caretaker until he passed in May 2025.” Christensen was at a crossroads with where to go and what to do, but the food truck idea kept coming up. His next question was, “ What would it be named? ” “The only thing I could think about was honoring my dad and brother,” added Christensen. His dad, University of Nebraska at Omaha chancellor emeritus John Christensen , was nicknamed the Duck in college. The “ Cat ” came from his brother, Anders , who had a favorite fish to catch—catfish.
WRITTEN BY Maddilynn Kallsen + PHOTOS BY Kayla Johnson
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