Food is a thing of tradition, family, love, identity, and sometimes of resistance. In this panel, three noted students of food in all its aspects, come together to share their knowledge. Chef Silvana Salcido Esperza, Melani Martinez, and Kate Christensen, will talk about their adventures at table.
| Where: | UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  |
| When: | Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Southwest Books of the Year |
| Moderator: | Gregory McNamee |
| Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of University of Arizona Libraries, University of Arizona Press |
Sydney Graves is a pseudonym used Kate Christensen, an Arizona native and the author of eight novels, most recently, "Arizona Triangle." Her fourth novel, "The Great Man," won a PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction....
Silvana Salcido Esparza is a renowned Mexican-American chef and culinary visionary, celebrated for her commitment to preserving the rich heritage of Mexican cuisine. Born into an 800-year baking legacy, she immersed herself in the culinary traditions of Mexico through extensive travel, studying the diverse regional flavors and techniques from the ancestral cooks that helped shape her cooking philosophy....
Melani “Mele” Martinez comes to the festival with "The Molino," a hybrid memoir of poems, essays and remembrances about her family's downtown Tucson tamaleria: El Rapido. It had been open 67 years before closing in 2000....
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