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How Mexican Food Conquered America
Scribner
April 2012
On Sale: April 10, 2012
300 pages
ISBN: 1439148619
EAN: 9781439148617
Kindle: B005O315VG
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Non-Fiction Cooking / Food
Nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of Β‘Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano presents an entertaining, tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican food in this country, uncovering great stories and charting the cuisineβs tremendous popularity in el Norte. In the tradition of Bill Bufordβs Heat and Calvin Trillinβs The Tummy Trilogy, Arellanoβs fascinating narrative combines history, cultural criticism, personal anecdotes, and Jesus on a tortilla. When salsa overtook ketchup as this countryβs favorite condiment in the 1990s, Americaβs century-long love affair with Mexican food reached yet another milestone. In seemingly every decade since the 1880s, America has tried new food trends from south of the borderβchili, tamales, tacos, enchiladas, tequila, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, and so many moreβloved them, and demanded the next great thing. As a result, Mexican food dominates American palates to the tune of billions of dollars in sales per year, from canned refried beans to frozen margaritas and ballpark nachos. Itβs a little-known history, one thatβs crept up on this country like your Mexican neighborsβand left us better for it. Now, Taco USA addresses the all-important questions: What exactly constitutes βMexicanβ food in the United States? How did it get here? Whatβs βauthenticβ and whatβs βTaco Bell,β and does it matter? Whatβs so cosmic about a burrito? And why do Americans love Mexican food so darn much? Tacos, alas, sold separately.
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