Planet Taco - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Planet Taco write by Jeffrey M. Pilcher. This book was released on 2017-02-14. Planet Taco available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In Planet Taco, Jeffrey Pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of Mexico's national cuisine, explores its incarnation as a Mexican American fast-food, shows how surfers became global pioneers of Mexican food, and how Corona beer conquered the world. Pilcher is particularly enlightening on what the history of Mexican food reveals about the uneasy relationship between globalization and authenticity. The burritos and taco shells that many people think of as Mexican were actually created in the United States. But Pilcher argues that the contemporary struggle between globalization and national sovereignty to determine the authenticity of Mexican food goes back hundreds of years. During the nineteenth century, Mexicans searching for a national cuisine were torn between nostalgic "Creole" Hispanic dishes of the past and French haute cuisine, the global food of the day. Indigenous foods were scorned as unfit for civilized tables. Only when Mexican American dishes were appropriated by the fast food industry and carried around the world did Mexican elites rediscover the foods of the ancient Maya and Aztecs and embrace the indigenous roots of their national cuisine"--
Taco USA
Taco USA - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Taco USA write by Gustavo Arellano. This book was released on 2013-04-16. Taco USA available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents a narrative history of Mexican cuisine in the United States, sharing a century's worth of anecdotes and cultural criticism to address questions about culinary authenticity and the source of Mexican food's popularity.
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity write by Jeffrey M. Pilcher. This book was released on 2001. Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why was Cantinflas, actor Mario Moreno's film persona, the most popular movie star in Mexican history? Was it because every Mexican - rich or poor, Creole or Indian, man or woman, young or old - could identify with him?
Apocalypse Taco
Apocalypse Taco - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Apocalypse Taco write by Nathan Hale. This book was released on 2019-03-26. Apocalypse Taco available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sid, Axl, and Ivan volunteer to make a late-night fast-food run for the high school theater crew, and when they return, they find themselves. Not in a deep, metaphoric sense: They find copies of themselves onstage. As they look closer, they begin to realize that the world around them isn’t quite right. Turns out, when they went to the taco place across town, they actually crossed into an alien dimension that’s eerily similar to their world. The aliens have made sinister copies of cars, buildings, and people—and they all want to get Sid, Axl, and Ivan. Now the group will have to use their wits, their truck, and even their windshield scraper to escape! But they may be too late. They may now be copies themselves . . .
American Tacos
American Tacos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Tacos write by José R. Ralat. This book was released on 2024-08-13. American Tacos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first history of tacos developed in the United States, now revised and expanded, this book is the definitive survey that American taco lovers must have for their own taco explorations. “Everything a food history book should be: illuminating, well-written, crusading, and inspiring a taco run afterwards. You’ll gain five pounds reading it, but don’t worry—most of that will go to your brain.”—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times “[Ralat] gives an in-depth look at each taco’s history and showcases other aspects of taco culture that has solidified it as a go-to dish on dinner tables throughout the nation.”—Smithsonian Magazine “A fascinating look at America’s many regional tacos. . . . From California’s locavore tacos to Korean ‘K-Mex’ tacos to Jewish ‘deli-Mex’ to Southern-drawl ‘Sur-Mex’ tacos to American-Indian-inspired fry bread tacos to chef-driven ‘moderno’ tacos, Ralat lays out a captivating landscape.”—Houston Chronicle “You’ll learn an enormous and entertaining amount about [tacos] in . . . American Tacos. . . . The book literally covers the map of American tacos, from Texas and the South to New York, Chicago, Kansas City and California.”—Forbes “An impressively reported new book . . . a fast-paced cultural survey and travel guide . . . American Tacos is an exceptional book.”—Taste
