Today marks the 12th anniversary of National Taco Day. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, National Taco Day, which falls on Oct. 4 every year, was started in 2009 by the restaurant chain Del Taco. The ...

Pre-1,200 BCE: People in the New World discover nixtamalization, a process of soaking maize in water with wood ash that vastly increases the nutritional value of anything made from it, including corn ...

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — Get ready to head to your favorite taco spot on Monday. October 4 is National Taco Day! According to the National Taco Day website, the traditional Mexican dish has become a ...

While Mexicans have been putting food inside a tortilla, folding the tortilla in half, and calling it lunch since before the Popol Vuh, this meal took on the name “taco” only in the late 19th century.

On Friday, the University of Houston Center for Public History's Gulf Coast Food Project will welcome Jeffrey Pilcher, a Professor of History at the University of Toronto to talk...about tacos. The ...

Jeffrey Pilcher is a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He came to Houston back in September of 2014 to talk about tacos. His lecture was part of the University of Houston Center for ...