At the University of Kentucky, taco knowledge is power.
And why wouldn’t it be? In a time when tortillas are outselling bread and salsa is outselling ketchup in the US, the last thing anyone wants to be is ignorant about tacos—especially in the state of Kentucky. The state has one of the fastest-growing Latino populations in the country.
This semester, the university is offering an undergraduate course called “Taco Literacy: Public Advocacy and Mexican Food in the US South.” Led by Steven Alvarez, an assistant professor in the university’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies department, the class aims to teach students about Mexican foodways in Kentucky and the broader Sout
You can learn more about the class and what it’s about by clicking HERE
