Tucson Festival of Books

Food and Culture: Hay Comida en la Casa


These cookbook authors are a recipe for success! Enjoy a taste of delicious conversation with Adán Medrano, Rick Martínez, and Sean Sherman as they chew over topics such as cooking, culture, and more. Each of them brings rich and varied personal experiences to the table.


Panelists
Rick Martínez

Chef Rick Martinez is a celebrated Mexican-American chef, author, food personality, and recipe developer. Martinez has received numerous accolades for his debut cookbook, "Mi Cocina, Recipes and Rapture from my Kitchen in Mexico," including the prestigious James Beard Award for International Cooking, as well as two IACP awards for Best International Cookbook and Book of the Year in 2023....

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Adán Medrano

Adán Medrano is a writer, chef and award-winning filmmaker specializing in Indigenous foods of Texas and the Americas. His book, "Truly Texas Mexican" received the Finalist, Book Of The Year from Foreword Reviews....

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Sean Sherman

A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Chef Sean Sherman has dedicated his career to supporting and promoting Indigenous food systems and Native food sovereignty....

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Books:
Salsa Daddy: A Cookbook
Dip Your Way into Mexican Cooking
Rick Martínez
Nuestras Raices
Penguin Random House
April 2025
ISBN 9780593798935
288 pages
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The Texas Mexican Plant-Based Cookbook
Adán Medrano
Nuestras Raices
Texas Tech University Press
August 2025
ISBN 9781682832738
224 pages
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Turtle Island
Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
Sean Sherman
Nuestras Raices
Random House
November 2025
ISBN 9780593579237
416 pages
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