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Mexico’s Elena Reygadas Named World’s Best Female Chef

Sofía Aguilar
Latin American cuisine is diverse and delicious so when it’s recognized and celebrated it’s a major win, especially when Latinas in the food industry are honored for their culinary expertise. In the Western-centric food and nutrition industry, our dishes are...
Culture

Sisters Open Cake Bash Studio Selling Puerto Rican Delicacies

Virginia Isaad
Sisters Miredys and Karla Peguero migrated from Puerto Rico to California and cultivated their family’s recipes and love for baking into a newly-launched cake studio in Los Angeles. A year ago they opened Cake Bash Studio in Van Nuys, a neighborhood...
Lifestyle

How One Vegan Chef Uses Indigenous Ingredients to Decolonize Mexican Food

Virginia Isaad
Chef Denise Vallejo is proud of her indigenous roots and she’s showing it by taking Mexican recipes and reintroducing them with a vegan twist that incorporates ancestral ingredients. Through her mobile kitchen, Alchemy Organica, she’s ushering a movement for people...