Deconstructing the Taco: The History and Lore of a Beloved Food with Gregory McNamee

La Siena 909 E Northern Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

The foods of Arizona speak to the many cultures, native and newcomer, that make up our state. Consider the taco, that favorite treat, a staple of Mexican and Mexican American cooking and an old standby on an Arizonan’s plate. The corn in the tortilla comes from Mexico, the cheese from the Sahara, the lettuce from […]

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Women of the West: Untold Stories from American History with Jana Bommersbach

Sunnyslope Historical Society 737 E. Hatcher Road, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Besides Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley, any Western women come to mind? Probably not—not because they weren’t just as important to settling the West, but because history was so focused on the goons and gunfighters, it forgot the women. So it’s a surprise that a 16 year-old Shoshone girl from Dakota Territory named Sacagawea would […]

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