Decolonize Your Diet: Book Reading & Signing
Luz Calvo and Catriona R. Esquibel will discuss their recently published cookbook, "Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing" (Arsenal Press, 2015)
Friday, March 18, 2016
6:00 PMAvenue 50 Studio
131 North Avenue 50
Los Angeles, CA 90042
More than just a cookbook, Decolonize Your Diet redefines what is meant by "traditional" Mexican food by reaching back through centuries of history to reclaim heritage crops as a source of protection from modern diseases.
Authors Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel are life partners. When Luz was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, they undertook extensive research to find the healthiest way to eat. Their book explores the physical and spiritual benefits of reclaiming ancestral and indigenous foods, and teaches readers to prepare life-affirming, delicious Mexican meals from scratch.
Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel are professors at California State East Bay and San Francisco State University, respectively. The pair raise chickens and grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs on their small urban farm in Oakland, CA.
Read a PDF excerpt
Cost: Free and open to the public. Please RSVP
For more information please contact
Cynthia Gomez
gomez@international.ucla.edu
Sponsor(s): Avenue 50 Studio