Caleb Zigas is the executive director of La Cocina, and
7x7Magazine named him one of San Francisco's Tastemakers and he was
named Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneur by the Hitachi Foundation. La
Cocina's San Francisco Street Food Festival and Conference, which
ultimately led to increased mobile vending opportunities in the
city, was his brainchild. He lives in San Francisco with his
family.
Leticia Landa is Deputy Director of La Cocina. She studied
Anthropology at Harvard, did international nonprofit work in rural
Northern India and rurual Southwestern China, and completed the
first year of culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She was
name one of San Francisco's Tastemakers by 7x7Magazine and a
Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneur by the Hitachi Foundation. She lives
in San Francisco with her husband.
Eric Wolfinger is a food and lifestyle photographer whose
cookbook work includes Tartine Bread, Dandelion
Chocolate, Melissa Clark's Dinner, and Prune.
"It can be easy, these days, to feel overwhelmed and exhausted and
defeated by the problems of the world. Food has always been the
balm to those emotions for me; it allows us to come together and be
nourished, body and soul. The La Cocina cookbook goes one step
further: it provides the fodder--through delicious recipes--for the
nourishing; but it also provides the inspiration, through the
incredible stories of the women who make up the program, to keep
fighting the good fight. These pages will remind you of the power
of food, and the incredible impact it can have on creating a better
future for all."--Ashley Christensen
"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
"There are few places, in popular food, where theoretical ideas of
equity meet the formidable reality of actually practicing equity.
La Cocina is this place and this new book reflects the hard joys
and painful rewards necessary to make it happen." ."--Tunde Wey
"This book is a great place to start if you want to travel with
your fork. Full of beautiful photography with recipes that are not
only approachable, but delicious and authentic." --Padma Lakshmi,
writer, host, and executive producer of Top Chef
"This book is a must-have! These women will inspire you, not only
to cook their great recipes, but to follow your own dreams despite
the adversities we all face. They shine a very bright light on life
and knowing their stories makes the world a better place."--Traci
Desjardins
"This book is for those of us who've watched someone they love put
everything they have into a business-the moms, aunties,
sister-girls, and grandmas who never seem to stop moving-and while
their work is far from done, for a moment, while turning these
pages, you get to bask in the glory of their commitment and
dedication come to life." --Osayi Endolyn
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