Learn how Mexican culture and cusine has influenced American cuisine for centuries and the origins of common Mexican foods such as tortillas and tacos. Participants will be able to make candy tacos and burritos. Materials will be supplied. This event is open to those in 6th grade and up. Registration required.

Foods and flavors from Mexico have influenced American cuisine for centuries. But in the last half of the 1900s, Mexican-inspired foods found their way to every corner of the United States, merging into the mainstream. Alongside traditional foods like tortillas, tacos, tamales, enchiladas, and salsas, new dishes emerged that reflected a blending of Mexican, regional American, and other Latino cultures. For Mexican American residents and Mexican immigrants, translating their traditional foods into cookbooks, restaurants, and supermarket products provided a recipe for economic success as well as a source of cultural pride. https://americanhistory.si.edu/food/resetting-table/mexican-food-revolution