We
Are La Cocina: Recipes in Pursuit of the American Dream
by Caleb Zigas (Author), Leticia Landa (Author), Eric Wolfinger (Photographer), Isabel Allende (Foreword), Yewande Komolafe (Contributor)
La Cocina (pronounced la co-see-nah)
means
'The Kitchen' in Spanish
La Cocina is an
incubator kitchen founded in San Francisco. It provides affordable commercial
kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance, and access to market
opportunities to women of color and immigrant communities.
This cookbook
reflects the flavors and foods of the city where La Cocina was founded. It will
help you find inspiration in your own kitchen, in the kitchens that you pass on
your way to work, in the neighborhoods you’ve been meaning to visit.
Included
here are recipes and stories from more than 50 successful La Cocina
entrepreneurs.
With 100+ recipes that span the globe from
the United States, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Senegal, Vietnam, and many
more: Powerful stories.
Beautifully evocative visuals. More than 100 recipes for all occasions, from
many cultures. Here, in La Cocina's first cookbook, more than 50 successful La
Cocina entrepreneurs share their inspiring narratives—and their delicious
recipes!
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This is the book for
cooks who love great global recipes and support organizations that make a big
difference.
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More than 150
photographs from award-winning photographer Eric Wolfinger capture the spirit
of the people, the mouthwatering food, and the diversity of the immigrant
experience.
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La Cocina is an
incubator kitchen that provides affordable commercial kitchen space,
industry-specific technical assistance, and access to market opportunities to
women of color and immigrant communities.
"La Cocina is
food at its finest: inspiring, instructional, political, and delicious. This
book brings the vitality of La Cocina and its mujeres through
wonderful recipes—and even better stories."—Gustavo Arellano
This cookbook reflects the flavors and foods
of the city where La Cocina was founded. It will help you find inspiration in
your own kitchen, in the kitchens that you pass on your way to work, and in the
neighborhoods you've been meaning to visit.
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Delicious recipes will
make your kitchen smell like you've traveled around the world
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Mouthwatering global
recipes include Golveda Ko Achar (Tomato Cilantro Sauce), Mafé (Peanut Stew),
Kuy Teav Phnom Penh (Cambodian Noodle Soup), and many more.
· Hardcover: 288 pages
· Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 4, 2019)
· Language: English
· ISBN-10: 1452167869