Ignacio Anaya

Ignacio Anaya
Born
Ignacio Anaya García

15 August 1895 (1895-08-15)
San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico
DiedNovember 9, 1975(1975-11-09) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)maître d', restaurateur
Known forInventor of nachos
SpouseMarie Antoinette Salinas
Children9

Ignacio Anaya García (15 August 1895 – 9 November 1975) was a Mexican maître d'[1][2] who invented the popular Tex-Mex dish nachos at the Victory Club restaurant a couple miles from the border of Texas in Mexico in 1940.[1][3][4][2] After nachos grew in popularity, Anaya was promoted to chef, and he eventually started his own restaurant in the 1960s.[3]

His nickname was Nacho, derived from the Spanish Ignacio, the Spanish version of Ignatius.[5]

  1. ^ a b LaRoche, Clarence J. (May 23, 1954). "Nacho's? Natch!". San Antonio Express and News.
  2. ^ a b Haram, Karen (2002-02-14). "The Legend of Nacho's Appetizer". Sun Sentinel. Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Action Line". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. March 25, 1974.
  4. ^ Andrew F. Smith (March 2009). The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. Oxford University Press. pp. 209–10. ISBN 978-0195387094.
  5. ^ "Nach derivation". latina.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019. Nacho is a nickname for Ignacio, the Spanish form of Ignatius.

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