Taco baking and serving pan

A taco pan for holding tacos open while baking and for supporting tacos from below while filling and serving, the pan comprising:

• a plurality of upstanding tapered parallel ridges defining a plurality of elongate troughs therebetween and having a generally sinusoidal cross section, each ridge having a length greater than the length of a taco and capable of holding open an inverted taco positioned thereon for baking;
• each trough having a bottom with a bend generally conforming to the bend in a taco shell for supporting an upright shell thereon for filling and serving, the bottom of the trough having opposed ends, and being provided with a gradually upwardly sloping bend as each end is approached to thereby form a stop element sloping upward from the bottom of the trough at each end thereof high enough to contain the taco and any spilled contents within the trough, said stop element capable of gradually lifting up the bottom of the taco as the taco is slid along to the end of the trough so that the taco may be grasped from underneath for eating.