Volume 18, Number 1 (2015)
Volume 18, Number 1, features a theme of mestizaje and gastronomy, to explore the origins of agricultural products native to the Americas, diet consumption and medicinal practices; studies undertaken in the colonial and contemporary eras, popularized and colonial practices; political economies around food; and the cultural influences and fusion of products in contemporary cuisine. Includes creative work on the topic of food.Articles
Sharing Community: Histories and Traditions in Food Preparation
Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
Mestizaje and Gastronomy
Rafael Chabrán
From Tortillas to Low-carb Wraps: Capitalism and Mexican Food in Los Angeles since the 1920s
Enrique C. Ochoa
La cocina tradicional indígena de Michoacán
Lorena Ojeda and Carmen Alicia Dávila
La comida y sus historias: Food-centered Life Histories of Two Mexican Women Living in the U.S.
Esther Díaz Martín and José García
Social Determinants in Latino Diet and Health
Julie Collins-Dogrul and Kenia Saldaña
Culinary Mestizaje: An Afro-Latino Collective Sensory Memory
Meredith E. Abarca
Las cocinas de México: Identidad nacional y mestizaje desde la afrodescendencia
Hilda Irene Cota Guzmán
Reflections
Green Chile and Flour Tortillas: The Making of a Standard New Mexican Cuisine
Stephanie M. Sánchez
Tacos and Coloniality: A Review Essay
Michael Soldatenko
Interviews
Nourishing Communities and Consciousness at the Grassroots: An Interview with Carlos Ortez of Un Solo Sol Kitchen in Boyle Heights
Enrique C. Ochoa, Fernando Mejía, and Carlos Ortez
Food Blogging in Los Angeles, the Life and Times of Javier Cabral: An Interview
Gabriel Chabrán Echternacht and Javier Cabral
Rincón Creativo
El ceviche: Una receta y un cuento
Jaime Vilchis
When Lightning Struck, or Death at an Early Age
Arthur Ramírez
About the Artist/Photographer
Fotógrafo Adalberto Ríos Szalay
Adalberto Ríos Szalay
Sobre mis fotografías: Lorena Ojeda
Lorena Ojeda
Book Reviews
How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture
Caitlin S. Peters
A Taste of Oaxaca: A Chef, a Recipe, and a Cookbook
Juan Pablo Bustos and Apollonia Galván
Film Review
Editors
- Editor
- Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
- Assistant Editor
- Cristina Rodríguez
- Poetry & Creative Editor
- Juana Iris Goergen
- Book Review Editor
- Bill Johnson González
- Editorial Consulting Board
- Gabriela Baeza Ventura, University of Houston
- Norma E. Cantú, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Rafael Chabrán, Whittier College
- Hilda Chacón, Nazareth College
- Arlene Dávila, New York University
- Gilda Ochoa, Pomona College
- Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Luis Escala Rabadán, Colegio de la Frontera Norte
- María de los Angeles Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago
- CLR-DePaul Advisory Board
- Rocío Ferreira, Modern Languages Department
- Juana Iris Goergen, Modern Languages Department
- Bill Johnson González, English
- Megan Bernal, University Library
- Office Manager
- Chelsea Díaz
- Student Staff
- Brenda E. Becerra
- Paulina Nava
- Jaime Ochoa
- Andrea Ortiz
- Copy Editing Services
- Ben Levitt
- Press
- Corporate Graphics of America, Inc.
