The Origins of Cuisine Along the Texas- Mexico Border

About this event

Join us this evening as Melissa Guerra talks about the cuisine of the Rio Grande Valley, our community has developed a unique and tasty history. Some of the world’s most ancient food discoveries happened in our own back yard. Stop by and learn more!

Melissa Guerra is a self-taught culinary expert and food historian, specializing in the food ways of the American continent, especially Texas regional, Mexican, and Latin American cuisine.

Previous projects include, owning and operating a retail kitchen store in San Antonio, along with its online retail component. a cooking show, “The Texas Provincial Kitchen,” and as a bi-lingual spokesperson for Kraft, Coca-Cola, Goya and Mazola.

Mrs. Guerra’s latest published cookbook, Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteño Cuisine of South Texas in 2006, was a finalist for a James Beard Award in the category of Foods of the Americas. Guerra is a member of Les Dames d Escoffier, a founding board member of Foodways Texas, and a member of The Culinary Institute of America Latin Cuisines Advisory Council Executive Committee.

From Quinta Mazatlan