Buen Provecho Chronicles Buen Provecho

Hello and welcome back to Buen Provecho Chronicles! Today I’ll be sharing my conversation with Isabel Torrealba who is one half of the dynamic duo behind Mexican Culinary Traditions. Isabel along with her mother, Iliana de la Vega, offers week-long immersive experiences to some of the most important culinary destinations in Mexico. When you travel with them you’re traveling with an anthropologist and a chef, so you’re not getting your standard food tour, but so much more!

A food system in the simplest of terms is about production, processing, distribution and consumption. But, nothing is ever that simple. Check out my conversation with Andrea Hagan from Mezcouting to learn how community, culture, policies and so much more affect our food systems. 

Dora is the chef, recipe developer, and photographer behind Dora's Table. Dora transitioned to a vegan diet to take control of her health and now makes a plant-based lifestyle accessible to others through vegan Mexican food. 
 
Dora's Table
Best Vegan Concha
Hernan Mexico
35 Latinx Vegan Instagrammers to Follow ASAP (VegNews)
Vegan Yak Attack

Isela Hernandez is the entrepreneur behind the award winning HERNÁN Mexican stone ground chocolate. She shares how growing up along the U.S-Mexican border has shaped how she approaches her business, which is dedicated to sharing Mexico‘s rich culinary traditions through premium Mexican culinary products.

Eliceo Lara is a baker from Mexico City who has been teaching travelers how to make Mexican sweet bread, known as pan dulce, in his home kitchen through his popular Airbnb Experience. Like many folks these days, he's moved classes online and is continuing to share his love and vast knowledge of Mexican pastries with a wider audience. We talk about my favorite pan dulce, the concha, how he got into baking and the changing landscape of food in Mexico.

Olga combines her love of history, slow fermentation and high quality ingredients into her artisanal baked goods. She shares her passion for baked goods from all over the world from her home bakery in Austin, Texas on a weekly basis. You can find her at localbreadbaker.com
"Do You Even Bake Bro?" by Dayna Evans
Modernist Bread
Cuisine and Empire by Rachel Laudan
A Taste of the Past podcast
Flour Hour podcast