Las Hermanas de la Milpa: Comienza con la Calabaza / The Sisters of the Milpa: It Begins with the Squash
Las Hermanas de la Milpa: Comienza con la Calabaza / The Sisters of the Milpa: It Begins with the Squash
Las hermanas de la milpa: comienza con la calabaza / The sisters of the milpa: it begins with the squash is a bilingual and indigenous (Mixteco) cookbook by chef Natalia Mendez of La Morada restaurant.
Like other initiatives devised by La Morada, this book seeks to disseminate indigenous knowledges and practices, and at the same time to conceptualize and expand the ways of doing mutual aid. Chef Natalia shares eight Oaxacan recipes that use all the parts of the squash plant, in different stages; teaches us, readers, how to take care of the soil; and also gives tips to grow food at home!
The book is also, in and of itself, an art project: it includes illustrations by poet, artist and activist Marco Saavedra, photos by photographer Camila Falquez, and has been beautifully designed by Lucky Risograph. It was produced in part through the generous support of a Humanities New York Action Grant. (The Center for the Humanities)