Check It Out

July is Culinary Arts Month! The Library has many books and e-books on this topic.

Here is one title that is available in both in print and electronically.

Encarnacion’s kitchen: Mexican recipes from nineteenth-century California: selections from Encarnacion Pinedo’s cocinero espanol 

Author: Encarnacion Pinedo
Publisher: University of California Press, 2003
Call Number (Print Version): Stacks TX716.M4 P553213 2003
Link (E-book Version): https://bit.ly/2NK1cWc 

Encarnacion’s kitchen documents for the first time Californio food, which is Mexican cuisine made by Spanish-speaking people born in California.

Not only are there hundreds of recipes reflecting Spanish, Basque, and Mexican influences, but there is culinary history that interweaves Latino culture and the author’s personal background.

The print book is available for check out for four weeks with a Southwestern College photo ID card. Or -- access the e-book from off-campus.

Come to the Library to see more National Culinary Arts month-related titles on display.

Cheers!
Review by Arnold Josafat, SWC Librarian