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  • Tacos - Gunpowder, Gods, and Guesswork: The Mystery of How Tacos Got Their Name
    Mar 26 2026
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    Host Priya Deshmukh explores the contested origins of the taco's name—from Nahuatl's "tlahco" meaning "half" to 18th-century mining terminology for gunpowder charges. Drawing on historian Jeffrey M. Pilcher's research and Antonia Carrillo's 1836 cookbook, the episode traces how this 3,000-year-old food evolved from ancient Mesoamerican tortillas to working-class icon, revealing why food histories resist neat beginnings.

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