Taco USA : how Mexican food conquered America / Gustavo
Arellano. Author: Arellano, Gustavo, 1979- Edition: 1st Scribner
hardcover ed. Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2012. ISBN:
9781439148617 (hbk.) Description: viii, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject: Cooking, Mexican History. Cooking, Mexican United
States History. Food habits Mexico History. Food habits United
States History. Mexican American cooking History. Cooking,
American Southwestern style History. Contents: Introduction:
what's so cosmic about a burrito? -- You mean Mexico gave the
world more than just tacos? -- Whatever happened to the Chili
Queens and Tamale Kings? -- How did the taco become popular
before Mexicans flooded the United States? -- Who were the
enchilada millionaires, and how did they change Mexican food? --
How did Americans become experts at writing cookbooks on Mexican
food? -- Whatever happened to Southwestern cuisine? -- Is Tex-
Mex food doomed? -- What took the burrito so long to become
popular? -- When did Mexicans start making fo