Editing Nachos (section)

==History==
Nachos originated in the city of [[Piedras Negras, Coahuila]] in Mexico, across the [[Mexico-United States border|border]] from [[Eagle Pass, Texas]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="Orr">{{cite web
 | last = Orr
 | first = Adriana P.
 | title = Nachos, anyone?
 | work = OED News
 | publisher = Oxford University Press
 |date=July 1999
 | url = http://oed.com/learning/word-stories/nachos.html
 | access-date = 2011-07-26
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100102004746/http://oed.com/learning/word-stories/nachos.html
 | archive-date = 2010-01-02 }}</ref><ref name=haram>{{cite web|last=Haram|first=Karen|title=The Legend of Nacho's Appetizer|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2002-02-14-0202120506-story.html|publisher=Sun Sentinel|access-date=22 August 2022|date=2002-02-14}}</ref> [[Ignacio Anaya|Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya]] created nachos in 1943 at the restaurant the Victory Club  when Mamie Finan and a group of U.S. military officers' wives, whose husbands were stationed at the nearby U.S. Army base [[Fort Duncan]], traveled across the border to eat at the Victory Club.<ref name = "haram"/> When Anaya was unable to find the cook, he went to the kitchen and spotted freshly fried pieces of corn tortillas.<ref name=":0" /><ref name = "haram"/> In a moment of culinary inspiration, Anaya cut fried tortillas into triangles, added shredded [[Colby cheese|cheese]], sliced pickled [[jalapeño pepper]]s,{{ref|jr|[Note 1]}} quickly heated them, and served them.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jinich|first=Pati|date=2020-11-02|title=The Original Nachos Were Crunchy, Cheesy and Truly Mexican|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/dining/nachos-recipes.html|access-date=2020-11-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After tasting the snack, Finan asked what it was called. Anaya responded, "Well, I guess we can just call them Nacho's Special."<ref name=":0" />  In Spanish, "Nacho" is a common nickname for Ignacio.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=LaRoche|first=Clarence J.|year=1954|title=Nachos? Natch!|work=San Antonio Express and San Antonio News}}</ref>
 
Anaya also opened his own restaurant, Nacho's Restaurant, in Piedras Negras. Anaya's original recipe was printed in the 1954 ''St. Anne's Cookbook''.<ref name="Orr"/><ref name="haram"/>

The popularity of the dish swiftly spread throughout Texas and the Southwestern United States. The first known appearance of the word "nachos" in English dates to 1949, from the book ''A Taste of Texas''.<ref name="Orr"/> According to [[El Cholo Spanish Cafe]] history, waitress Carmen Rocha is credited with making nachos in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], before introducing the dish to [[Los Angeles]] at the cafe in 1959.<ref>{{cite episode
 | title = Waitress Who Introduced L.A. To Nachos Dies
 | series = Morning Edition
 | airdate = October 17, 2008
 | network = [[National Public Radio]]
 | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95817911
 | access-date = April 5, 2018
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180411015447/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95817911
 | archive-date = April 11, 2018
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>

A modified version of the dish, with [[cheese sauce]] and prepared tortilla chips, was marketed in 1976 by Frank Liberto, owner of Ricos Products, during [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] baseball games at [[Arlington Stadium]] in [[Arlington, Texas]].<ref name=smith2013>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2013/05/the-history-of-baseball-stadium-nachos/ |title=The History of Baseball Stadium Nachos |work=Smithsonian |author=K. Annabelle Smith |date=May 7, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510154754/http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2013/05/the-history-of-baseball-stadium-nachos/ |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> This version became known as "ballpark nachos". During the September 4, 1978 ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' game between the [[Baltimore Colts]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]], sportscaster [[Howard Cosell]] enjoyed the name "nachos," and made a point of mentioning the dish in his broadcasts over the following weeks, further popularizing it and introducing it to a whole new audience.<ref>{{cite web
 | last1 = Munsey
 | last2 = Suppes
 | title = Arlington Stadium
 | work = Ballparks.com
 | url = http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/arling.htm
 | access-date = 2008-12-30
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100102035133/http://ballparks.com/baseball/american/arling.htm
 | archive-date = 2010-01-02
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title = History
 | work = Originators of Concession Nachos
 | publisher = Ricos Products Co., Inc.
 | url = http://ricos.com/history.htm
 | access-date = 2008-12-30
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090214025239/http://ricos.com/history.htm
 | archive-date = 2009-02-14
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | first=Raymond
 | last=Sokolov
 | title=The Search for the Perfect Nacho
 | date=2006-02-06
 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113900648565664767?mod=todays_us_pursuits
 | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]
 | access-date=2008-06-27
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816132911/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113900648565664767%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_pursuits
 | archive-date=2019-08-16
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>
Liberto died in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/Father-of-nachos-Liberto-dies-at-84-12336395.php|title='Father of nachos' Liberto dies day shy of National Nacho Day|author=David Hendricks|date=November 7, 2017|website=mysanantonio.com|access-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091723/http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/Father-of-nachos-Liberto-dies-at-84-12336395.php|archive-date=December 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ignacio Anaya died in 1975. In his honor, a bronze plaque was erected in Piedras Negras, and October 21 was declared the International Day of the Nacho.<ref name="Ellerbee">{{Cite book|last=Ellerbee|first=Linda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdF7Rcrb1acC|title=Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table|date=2005|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0-399-15268-7|pages=73–74|access-date=2016-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411015447/https://books.google.com/books?id=zdF7Rcrb1acC|archive-date=2018-04-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Anaya's son, Ignacio Anaya, Jr., served as a judge at the annual nacho competition.<ref name="Orr"/><ref name="haram"/>