TY - BOOK AU - Pilcher,Jeffrey M. TI - Planet taco: a global history of Mexican food SN - 0199740062 AV - TX716.M4 P543 2012 U1 - 641.5972 23 PY - 2012///] CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Cooking, Mexican KW - History KW - Social aspects KW - Food habits KW - Mexico KW - Ethnicity KW - Tacos KW - Mexican Americans KW - Food KW - Sovereignty KW - Globalization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-282) and index; 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 ER -