Latina women and girls do the disproportionate sourcing and cooking for food at home in the US. It's often a second or third (unpaid) job.
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I was under the naive assumption that food magazines would have long been publishing the work of latinas. After all, we really know food.
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But I was wrong. I didn't realize it would be such a challenge to find articles written by indigenous/immigrant/latinas of color.
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I was shocked by how many people publicly or privately told me a version of "Here's a great white woman who writes about latinx food."

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This must change. Our knowledge of food as latinas is so incredibly vast. It's a shame that's not represented in print.
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That said, some people really went out of their way to let me know about some amazing latina food writers. I should have known about them.
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Carribean Fragoza wrote this perfect restaurant review (about one of my fav spots in LA):http://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/rocio-camacho-s-contemporary-take-on-oaxacan-mole-can-only-be-described-as-celestial-7235852 …
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Fragoza let me know about a writer named Valentina Silva, who I wasn't familiar with. Here's some of their work: http://www.lamag.com/author/valentinasilva/page/6/ …
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And then there's illyanna Maisonet. My gods, how did I not know about this amazing chef and writer? I want to go visit them soon.
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"The one thing that remained unscathed was the food." —illyanna Maisonet. One of the best things I've ever read:https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/an-exodus-and-return-to-puerto-rico.html …
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Part of this is also on us as latinas. I know editors like Eater's
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Keep sending me work from latinas that write about food. It's helpful for me as a writer to see myself reflected on the page....
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Thank you!!
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Wow, thank you. Can't wait to read your work soon!
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Thank you! Will look for your links.
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Does she have to be Latina? My niece @Madhvi57 is "non-white" and writes about food.
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