Latina Food Bloggers’ Favorite Recipes, Cookbooks and Holiday Meals

Ana Flores — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:05:00 +0000

As 2011 comes to a close, we want to celebrate those Latina food bloggers we love and the recipes, cookbooks and meals they love. Browse the pages below and discover some Latino culinary gems.

Blogger: Vianney Rodriguez

Blog: Sweet Life

Vianney´s top 3 Latino cookbooks of 2011:

Paletas- by Fany Gerson I spent my entire summer drawing inspiration from the flavors of my childhood featured in each page.

Truly Mexican: Essential Recipes and Techniques for Authentic Mexican Cooking- by Roberto Santibanez I loved Roberto’s first book Rosa’s New Mexican Table that there was no way I was missing out in his new cookbook. I love Roberto’s pride in cooking authentic Mexican food and Fany was his former pastry Chef. So I love him for his food and introducing me to Fany.

Frida’s Fiestas – By Guadalupe Rivera and Marie Pierre Colle This cookbook is written by Diego Rivera’s daughter. This cookbook takes place in The Blue House in Coyoacán. The cookbook is a cycle of the twelve fiestas Frida planned with excerpts of her personal notebook.

Vianney´s favorite recipe on her blog from 2011:

One of my favorite recipes was my sopa de fideo. Complete comfort in a bowl.

Vianney´s must-have dish for a Latino Holiday meal:

A great margarita. My obsession for margaritas has carried over to my blog and they are currently my biggest attraction.

Bloggers: Yvette Marquez and Veronica Gonzalez

Blog: Muy Bueno Cookbook

Yvette´s top 3 Latino cookbooks of 2011:

Fresh Mexico -by Marcela Valladolid

Truly Mexican -by Roberto Santibanez

Homesick Texan -by Lisa Fain

Yvette´s and her readers´ favorite recipe on the blog from 2011:

2011 Reader Favorites: Pumpkin Empanadas and Capirotada

My favorite: Enchiladas Verdes

Yvette´s must-have dish for a Latino Holiday meal:

That’s a tough one…Tamales and Bizcochos

Blogger: Marta Darby

Blog: My Big Fat Cuban Family

Marta´s top 3 Latino (Cuban!) Cookbooks of 2011:

1) ¡Sabor! A Passion for Cuban Cuisine by Ana Quincoces Rodriguez (She also features her recipe: My Big Fat Cuban Torrejas with guava and cream cheese in this beautiful volume.)

2) Authentic Cuban Cuisine by Martha Abreu Cortina

3) Her own cookbook: My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook. (self-published)

Marta´s readers’ favorite recipe on her blog from 2011:

Homemade Cuban Chicken Soup

Marta´s Must-Have Dish for a Latino Holiday Meal:

Arroz con Pollo

Blogger: Morena Escardó

Blog: Perú Delights

Morena´s top 3 Latino cookbooks of 2011:

My Sweet Mexico (Fanny Gerson and Ed Anderson)

Dulce: Desserts in the Latin-American Tradition (Joseluis Flores)

El Gran Libro del Postre Peruano (Sandra Plevisani)

Morena´s favorite recipe on her blog from 2011:

“We love tres leches, because its a staple in our family. Our readers like it too, but the most popular thing is papa a la huancaina, which of course, we LOVE too.”

Morena’s must-have dish for a Latino Holiday meal:

Pastel de choclo, tres leches, causa limeña

Blogger: Leslie Limón

Blog: La Cocina de Leslie

Leslie’s top 3 Latino cookbooks of 2011:

My Sweet Mexico by Fany Gerson (It’s from 2010, but it’s the newest addition to my cookbook collection and I am loving it!)

On a Stick! by Matt Armendariz

Homesick Texan by Lisa Fain

Leslie´s readers´ favorite recipe from 2011:

Enfrijoladas

Leslie´s must-have dish for a Latino holiday meal….

Any postre made with homemade Guava-sauce! It’s what Navidad should smell like.