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Nacho Gift Guide: PART ONE

December 15, 2013 Nachonomics
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This time of year I get a lot of people coming up to me asking, "What do I get someone who loves nachos but already has everything nacho related that's out there?" Well ask no longer the below list should have you covered.


BOOKS

Ultimate Nachos: From Nachos and Guacamole to Salsas and Cocktails
$15.02
By Lee Frank, Rachel Anderson
Buy on Amazon

While it has many of the same problems as Macho Nachos (80 recipes, only 34 for nachos for example) this cookbook by the creators of Nachos NY at least imbues nacho making with a little comedy. And a recipe for Avocado Ice Cream.

OR

Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America
$12.58
By Gustavo Arellano
Buy on Amazon

While there's not a whole lot in here about the history of the nacho, there is a whole lot of information on Mexican food coming to America in general, plus it's a pretty good read.


MUSIC

Still
$10.90
By Wekeend Nachos
Buy on Amazon

If you like having someone over for a tasty meal of nachos and are looking for some music to help in your digestion, this isn't it. This is music that digests by curb stomping your food to jelly that you don't need to chew and guts can digest in a snap, but if you expect something else from Weekend Nachos you don't know Weekend Nachos.

OR

Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru
$14.58
By Various Artists
Buy on Amazon

Listen, I'm no racist, I'm aware that Peru is way different than Mexico, whether they speak Spanish or not. That being said, Roots of Chicha has a definite Spanish funk to it that is perhaps more conducive to doing nacho related things that some grindcore.


MOVIES

Nacho Libre [Blu-ray]
$9.49
Starring Jack Black, Ana De La Reguera, Hector Jimenez, Peter Stormare
Buy on Amazon

While the film has very little to do with nachos themselves other than Jack Black’s character being named after Ignacio Anaya, it does have two really good jokes and some inside into the mysterious world of Luchadores.

OR

Timecrimes
$7.00
Starring Karra Elejalde
Buy on Amazon

Directed by the excellent Nacho Vigalondo, it's about as loosely related to actual nachos as Nacho Libre, but 1000 times better.


FOR LAUGHS

Nacho Cheese Flavored Lip Balm
$5.45
Accoutrements
Buy on Amazon

Now I bought this, and even I, a lover of nachos, am too afraid to try it. Maybe you or whatever poor soul you choose to give it to won't be and will let me know just how disgusting it is.

OR

Dogmatic Nachews 4-Ounce Honey Glazed Chicken Nachos for Dogs
$8.49
Dogmatic
Buy on Amazon

I mean, even a dog could like nachos right? Right?

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART TWO

In 2013
← Nacho Gift Guide: PART TWOReview: Nacho Literature - Macho Nachos →

Nachonomics: ('na-cho-'na-miks)

noun. The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and distribution of nachos.

Book: Complete Nacho Knowledge Book: Complete Nacho Knowledge
Book: Complete Nacho Knowledge
$20.00

A copy of "The Field Guide to Nachos", "Nachos & You", and "Recipes from the Nachonomicon". This is literally and literately all the nacho knowledge you will ever require.

The Field Guide to Nachos, a pocket sized reference to the history, types, and background of the greatest of Mexican delicacies.

  • READ... The true story of how Ignacio Anaya created "The Nacho" in 1943.

  • LEARN... How nachos moved from Mexico and spread across America like shredded cheese melting across a pile of chips.

  • KNOW... the real difference between natural cheese versus pasteurized processed cheese product. It's terrifying.

  • DIFFERENTIATE... between kinds of popular nachos that are to be found in our modern restaurants.

Nachos & You, a pocket sized manual on, well, living your life the nacho way.

  • READ... The "true" story of how Gentleman Frank Liberto (Not to be confused with the upstanding Frank Liberto of Rico's or the Frank Liberto of Martin Luther King Jr. assassination infamy) created "The Nacho" in 1976. I say "true" because it is an obvious satire and parody.

  • LEARN... To pickle your own jalapenos for varying degrees of “fun” and “profit”, but more importantly bragging rights on being more artisinal than your friends.

  • KNOW... The science of creating nachos with circular chips as opposed to triangular chips and when to use each so as to not cause embarrassing cultural faux pas.

  • EXPERIENCE... The terror of “Nacho Fingers”, and the joy of curing yourself of them to avoid being ostracized by the community at large.

Recipes from the Nachonomicon, a pocket sized cookbook of all the finest types of nachos from throughout the ages, all now easily available at your fingertips.

  • READ... The History of the Nachonomicon and how it became the blueprint for all the nachos you know and love today!

  • LEARN... How to cook the finest examples of each member of the nacho family from "Artisanal" to "Single Serving." (There's no general type of nacho that begins with "Z" so that's as good as it gets alphabet wise, and I wouldn't want to trick you into thinking there was a type of called "ZBBQ Nachos" or something.)

  • KNOW... The joy that comes of making you, or a loved one, a delicious meal of nachos that will both satiate your hunger and allow you to know the true satisfaction of being able to provide the sustenance to keep a human being alive.

  • TASTE... Nachos, and lots of them, once you make them of course.

With these three books, you can feel secure in the knowledge that you'll be able to give a T.E.D. talk on every single aspect of nachos. Probably closer to three T.E.D. talks as a matter of fact! Do they even let you do that? I don't know, but with nacho knowledge like yours you will undoubtedly be the first!

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