Planet taco : : a global history of Mexican food / / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford ;, New York : : Oxford University Press,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (311 pages) :; illustrations, maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Tale of Two Tacos
  • Part I. Proto-Tacos
  • Maize and the Making of Mexico
  • Burritos in the Borderlands
  • Part II. National Tacos
  • From the Pastry War to Parisian Mole
  • The Rise and Fall of the Chili Queens
  • Inventing the Mexican American Taco
  • Part III. Global Tacos
  • The First Wave of Global Mexican
  • The Blue Corn Bonanza
  • Conclusion: The Battle of the Taco Trucks
  • Glossary.