José Garzon is an Ecuadorian chef. He grew up in Guayaquil, but he’s lived in the United States for the last 20 years. A true renaissance man, before becoming a chef, he was a musician who travelled the world.
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We talked with Puerto Rican cook Yashira Franco about Latin cultural heritage and how it shapes us as people and when it comes to cookig. She currently lives in Miami, where she raises her two daughters and teaches them about their Puerto Rican roots through her amazing recipes. She shares them on @wholetogethernow, one of our favorite Puerto Rican food Instagram accounts.
Piloncillo y Vainilla has become a staple among the Latin food scene and today we talked with Ale Graf, the plant-based chef behind it.
Chef Luis Gerardo Lopez is a Venezuelan chef, currently living in Miami, where he has his own project called Consentido. He defines himself as a creator of gastronomic concepts and flavors, and he’s also a food writer. We talked with him about Latin cultural heritage and how it shaped him when it comes to his work.
Marta Darby is a cook born in Havana, Cuba. Marta has been blogging for 13 years now, sharing her life, culture, family, and recipes in her own Cuban-American style. Her blog is a daily destination for hundreds of Cubans worldwide telling her many stories. Its named @mybigfatcubanfamily because she is a mother of four, and also an abuela. She does have a huge family!
Bernie Molina is a Salvi-Mex cook who wrote an award winning book called “Herencia Cookbook” where she celebrates her cultural roots through recipes, inspired by the most important women in her life: her mother, grandmother, great grandmother and her mother-in-law.
Vanessa Mota is a cook born and raised in the Dominican Republic now living in the US. She is owner and writer of the succesfull blog called My Dominican Kitchen, where she shares tasty Dominican and Latin-inspired recipes from the home cook.
We asked 4 of our favorite US Latinas about what Valentine’s Day means to them and their traditions.
Q & A is an on-going articles series where we ask Latinx creators about different topics. This month, we are focusing on heritage and cultural roots. This year, to talk about heritage and its influence in our daily life, we asked world known Chef Grace Ramirez, Maggie Unzueta from Mama Maggie’s Kitchen and Masterchef’s and El Sabor de Aarón’s participant Chef Javier Seañez.