cs<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1253247266/why-tacos-are-as-american-as-apple-pie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/28/1253247266/</span><span class="invisible">why-tacos-are-as-american-as-apple-pie</span></a><br>‘About 1 in 10 restaurants in the United States serve Mexican cuisine. That hunger for chalupas, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tacos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tacos</span></a> and more in the U.S. has been longstanding — from the conquistadors' love affair with chocolate, to the classic San Francisco burrito. This week, we're exploring the history of Mexican food in the United States, and asking what it takes for a cuisine to become quintessentially "American."’</p>