A Salvadoran cookbook from a major publisher is finally here. Why did it take so long?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

A Salvadoran cookbook from a major publisher is finally here. Why did it take so long?

LA Times  

Food never happened in a vacuum for Karla Tatiana Vasquez. “The SalviSoul Cookbook” debuts April 30, featuring 80 defining Salvadoran recipes and stories about the 25 matriarchs who shared them with Vasquez. That’s how I’ve been able to touch it when I’ve been so far away from it.” Vasquez inside her kitchen in 2020, as she worked to to get “The SalviSoul Cookbook” published. “Here are women who survived, who loved, who laughed and who made fortifying soul food.” “The SalviSoul Cookbook” author Karla Tatiana Vasquez will be at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20. Find Karla Tatiana Vasquez at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20, at Booth 410, where she’ll answer questions about “The SalviSoul Cookbook,” 11 a.m. to noon.

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Karla T Vasquez traces the history of Salvadoran food, shining a light on the women who pioneered it
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Karla T Vasquez traces the history of Salvadoran food, shining a light on the women who pioneered it

Salon  

Unfortunately, there are certain cuisines that don't have the same cultural cache, if you will, that others — like Italian, Thai, Chinese and Mexican — have developed in the United States. "Historically, women's labor has always been ignored and by proxy they become invisible, this has been even more true for Salvadoran women as we are often erased due to …

How 'SalviSoul,' first Salvadoran cookbook from a major U.S. publisher, came together
7 months, 3 weeks ago

How 'SalviSoul,' first Salvadoran cookbook from a major U.S. publisher, came together

NPR  

How 'SalviSoul,' first Salvadoran cookbook from a major U.S. publisher, came together Enlarge this image toggle caption Ren Fuller Ren Fuller About a decade ago, Karla Tatiana Vasquez tried learning how to make her favorite dish: salpicón salvadoreño, a beef salad with radishes, mint, lime and salt. "I went to the internet and I did a Google search and I …

5 of the best L.A. cookbooks for spring
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5 of the best L.A. cookbooks for spring

LA Times  

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She’s trying to fill the void in Salvadoran cookbooks. Will book publishers listen?
4 years, 3 months ago

She’s trying to fill the void in Salvadoran cookbooks. Will book publishers listen?

LA Times  

Six years ago Karla Vasquez was a budding home cook learning to make one of her favorite Salvadoran dishes — the minced beef dish called salpicón salvadoreño — when she made a sobering discovery: There are almost no Salvadoran cookbooks currently in print in the U.S. “I only found two books on Amazon,” said Vasquez, whose family settled in Los …

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