Status Updates From Taco USA: How Mexican Food ...

"But those who dismiss Taco Bell, the taco pizza, even a church enchilada booth as somehow not Mexican because Mexicans aren't the main consumers or creators miss an imperative point. We must consider the infinite varieties of Mexican food in the United States as part of the Mexican family— not a fraud, not a lesser sibling, but an equal."

Generally my thoughts towards American Chinese as well!

Chili, then tamales and enchiladas were the first Mexican foods popular with Americans. And now, at last, we come to tacos.

This book is phenomenal and makes me want to track down Mexican (I.e. the original) vanilla and chocolate.