[ashtonkem]

And even when scoped to a specific place and time, definitions get fuzzy and the whole discussion gets a bit too navel gaze-ey for my tastes.

[bombcar]

I mean it always boils down to “what I like is good and authentic and better than what you like which is fake and bad and you should feel bad.”

And if you can’t argue it as authentic just call it fusion.

[dragonwriter]

It really doesn’t. American-style tacos can be wonderful food. (The mass-market commercial ones aren’t, though the mass-market commercial shells themselves–basically, U-shaped tostadas, are a fine starting point.) They just aren’t authentically Mexican food. Good, and authentically <national origin> are orthogonal concerns.