Editing Taco (section)

==History==
There is significant debate about the origins of the taco in Mexico, with some arguing that the taco predates the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico, since there is anthropological evidence that the indigenous people living in the lake region of the [[Valley of Mexico]] traditionally ate tacos filled with small fish.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Friesen |first=Katy June |date=May 3, 2012 |title=Where Did the Taco Come From? |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124155012/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-the-taco-come-from-81228162/ |archive-date=2022-11-24 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Writing at the time of the Spanish conquistadors, [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]] documented the first taco feast enjoyed by Europeans, a meal which [[Hernán Cortés]] arranged for his captains in [[Coyoacán]].<ref name="History">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502160526/http://www.iccjournal.biz/StudentScholars/Undergraduate/history_of_mexican_cuisine.htm|url=http://www.iccjournal.biz/StudentScholars/Undergraduate/history_of_mexican_cuisine.htm |title=History of Mexican Cuisine |access-date=30 January 2015 |publisher=Margaret Parker |url-status=usurped|archive-date = 2 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="History2">{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070811132510/http://www.mexicanmercados.com/food/foodhist.htm | archive-date = 11 August 2007 |url=http://www.mexicanmercados.com/food/foodhist.htm |title=A Thumbnail History of Mexican Food |access-date= 30 January 2015 |url-status = usurped |publisher=Jim Conrad}}</ref> Others argue that the advent of the taco is much more recent, with one of the more popular theories being that the taco was invented by silver miners in the 18th century.<ref name=":2" />

One of the oldest mentions of the term ''taco'' comes from an 1836 cookbook —''Nuevo y sencillo arte de cocina, reposteria y refrescos''— by Antonia Carrillo; in a recipe for a rolled pork loin (lomo de cerdo enrollado), she instructs the readers to roll the loin like they would a “''taco de tortilla''” or tortilla taco.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carrillo |first1=Antonia |title=Nuevo y sencillo arte de cocina, reposteria y refrescos |date=1836 |publisher=Imprenta de Santiago Perez |location=Mexico |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaZAAQAAMAAJ&q=Taco%20de%20tortilla |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> 
Another mention of the word taco comes from the novel —''El hombre de la situación'' (1861)— by Mexican writer [[Manuel Payno]]:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Payno |first1=Manuel |title=El hombre de la situacion |date=1861 |publisher=Juan Abadiano |location=Mexico |page=147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jD7sCvlFKNEC |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> {{quote|“They surrounded the father's bed, and he, putting a pillow on his legs, which served as a table, began to give the example, and a pleasant gathering was formed, which was completed by the mother, who always entered last, waving with one hand (from right to left) a large cup of white [[atole]], while with the other, she carried right to her mouth, a tortilla taco filled with a spread of red chile.}} These instances disprove the theory that the first mention of the word "taco" in Mexico was in the 1891 novel Los bandidos de Río Frío by [[Manuel Payno]].<ref>Yvonne [https://www.autostraddle.com/taco-tuesday-the-incomplete-history-of-tacos-305695/ "Taco Tuesday: The incomplete history of Tacos" ''Autostraddle'' (Sep. 3, 2015)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124155012/https://www.autostraddle.com/taco-tuesday-the-incomplete-history-of-tacos-305695/ |date=2022-11-24 }} (Accessed Nov. 24, 2022)</ref> 

It should also be noted that term ''taco'' was regional, specifically from Mexico City and surrounding areas, and that other regional names existed. In [[Guanajuato]], [[Guerrero]], [[Michoacán]], and [[San Luis Potosí]], the terms used were ''burrito'' and ''burro''; while in [[Yucatán]] and [[Quintana Roo]] the term used was ''codzito'' (coçito).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramos y Duarte |first=Féliz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2xQAAAAMAAJ&q=burrito |title=Diccionario de Mejicanismos |publisher=Imprenta de Eduardo Dublan |year=1895 |page=98}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Santamaría |first1=Francisco J. |title=Diccionario de Mejicanismos |date=1959 |publisher=Editorial Porrúa |location=Mexico City |page=158 |edition=Second |url=https://archive.org/details/diccionariodemej00sant/page/158/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Taco |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Burrito |url=https://dem.colmex.mx/Ver/burrito |website=Diccionario del Español de México. |publisher=Colegio de México |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> Due to the cultural influence of Mexico City, the term ''taco'' became the default, and terms like ''burrito'' and ''codzito'', either became forgotten or evolved to mean something different in modern times.

In 2024, El Califa de León in Mexico City became the first taco stand to win a [[Michelin star]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Thomas |date=2024-05-18 |title=Fans queue round the block as tiny Mexican taco stand wins Michelin star |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/18/fans-queue-round-the-block-as-tiny-mexican-taco-stand-wins-michelin-star |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>