I've been following BurritoGate, the story of two white women in Portland who went to Mexico (barely, they went to Puerto Nuevo,) and liked the burritos. The pair decided to learn to make flour tortillas, ran into some language barriers, and then came back to Portland to serve breakfast burritos one day a week from a taco cart. Social Justice could not stand the 'cultural appropriation.'

Thank our lucky stars for the Orange County Weekly's Editor-in-Chief Gustavo Arellano, who in addition to writing their column "¡Ask a Mexican!" also wrote a book on the history of Mexican food in America!

Arellano explains the long-standing tradition of EVERYONE 'appropriating' food preparation styles from other cultures. Arellano shares his pride in Mexican cooks awesome ability to steal other cultures food and make it their own, just like everyone else.

Via the OC Weekly: