Fri. 07/02 - The Restaurant Taco Bell Lifted Their Taco Recipe From

<p><strong><em>The restaurant that inspired Taco Bell, its larger legacy, and the question of authenticity. Plus, the new species of beetle that was discovered in some fossilized dinosaur dung. And the communities of people who devote their time to uncovering the mystery of dogman.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>Credit Karma, <a href="http://creditkarma.com/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">creditkarma.com/podcast</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210630-how-taco-bell-stole-the-taco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Taco Bell 'stole' the taco</a> (BBC)</li><li><a href="https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2019-09-13/food-story-2019-09-14-mitla-cafe-tacos-patricia-escarcega" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newsletter: The best thing our restaurant critic ate this summer</a> (LA Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/15/im-mexican-american-stop-expecting-me-eat-authentic-food/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Perspective | I’m from a Mexican family. Stop expecting me to eat ‘authentic’ food.</a> (Washington Post)</li><li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mitla-cafe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mitla Cafe – San Bernardino, California - Gastro Obscura</a> (Atlas Obscura)</li><li><a href="https://la.eater.com/2015/1/30/7952807/san-bernardino-mitla-cafe-history-taco-bell-feature-photos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taco Bell Wouldn't Exist Without San Bernardino's Mitla Cafe</a> (Eater)</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-a-triassic-beetle-perfectly-preserved-in-dinosaur-poo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Triassic Insect Was Found Perfectly Preserved in Dinosaur Poop For The First Time</a> (Science Alert)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/science/beetles-dinosaur-poop.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Over 200 Million Years Ago, Nature Called. It Was Full of Beetl