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Decolonize Your Diet

Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing

Luz Calvo Catriona Rueda Esquibel

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English
Arsenal Pulp Press
02 November 2015
"More than just a cookbook, Decolonize Your Diet redefines what is meant by ""traditional"" Mexican food by reaching back through hundreds of years of history to reclaim heritage crops as a source of protection from modern diseases. Authors Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel are life partners; when Luz was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, they both radically changed their diets and began seeking out recipes featuring healthy, vegetarian Mexican foods (Luz's cancer is now in remission). They promote a diet rich in plants indigenous to Latin America but widely available (corn, beans, squash, greens, herbs, and seeds), and are passionate about the idea that we all need to ditch the fast food for both physical health and spiritual fulfillment. "

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Imprint:   Arsenal Pulp Press
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 203mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   764g
ISBN:   9781551525921
ISBN 10:   1551525925
Pages:   260
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Luz Calvo: Luz Calvo is a professor of Ethnic Studies at Cal State East Bay. Luz and their partner Catriona Rueda Esquibel live in Oakland, CA, where they grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs on their small urban farm as they study traditional Mesoamerican cuisine. Catriona Rueda Esquibel: Catriona Rueda Esquibel is an associate professor in Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University. Catriona and her partner Luz Calvo live in Oakland, CA, where they grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs on their small urban farm, as they study traditional Mesoamerican cuisine.

Reviews for Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing

If you think Mexican food is unhealthy, then you need to read this cookbook. Los Angeles Times Part cookbook, part manifesto, Decolonize Your Diet is as much about recipes as it is about justice centered analysis of food and health ... Decolonize Your Diet honors and respects the humble pot of beans and homemade tortillas to the same degree they do more 'difficult' chef-like meals, like Huaraches de Nopal, or Mole. Global Comment


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