Eigen Grandito – Principal Components Analysis of the Taco Bell Menu

OP calculates the Eigen Grandito, which is named after the Onion article, &quot;Taco Bell&#x27;s Five Ingredients Combined In Totally New Way&quot;, which, in more mathematical terms, asserts that Taco Bell&#x27;s dishes are all linear combinations of the same ingredients.<p>Actual code is here<p><pre><code> http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.limerent.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;2020_11_EigenGrandito&#x2F; </code></pre> but discussion is surprisingly interesting.

I was just explaining to my wife that I thinking of cooking as a vast recipe space which includes all possible recipes and the ones that have been published are point-sampled linear combinations&#x2F;orders of basis ingredients or dishes. But I figured it was pretty obvious that TB is simply weighted combinations of basis tortillas.

This is what I like seeing on the internet