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Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food
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Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.
ISBN
9780199740062 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199740062 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xv, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-282) and index.
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.
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