'Ask A Mexican' an Evening with Gustavo Arellano

Sunday, April 15, 2012 4:00?6:00 pm La Cocina at Old Town Artisans TACO BAR INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION Admission: $25 CALL (520) 621-4046 to reserve tickets An entertaining, tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican food in this country. When salsa overtook ketchup as this country-s favorite condiment in the 1990s, America-s century-long love affair with Mexican food reached yet another milestone. In seemingly every decade since the 1880s, America has tried new food trends from south of the border. As a result, Mexican food dominates American palates to the tune of billions of dollars in sales per year. It-s a little-known history, one that-s crept up on this country like your Mexican neighbors?and left us better for it. Gustavo Arellano-s ?Ask a Mexican! column has a circulation of more than two million in thirty-eight markets (and counting). Readers can find him in Tucson Weekly. The column won the 2006 Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for the best column in a large circulation weekly. He has received the President-s Award from the Los Angeles Press Club, an Impact Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and a 2008 Latino Spirit Award from the California State legislature. Arellano has appeared on the Today show, Nightline, NPR-s Talk of the Nation, and The Colbert Report. He is the editor of the OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, and a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Op/Ed pages.