

Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing
Description
Decolonize Your Diet: Plant‑Based Mexican‑American Recipes for Health and Healing by Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel is a vibrant, full‑color cookbook that reconnects home kitchens to ancestral Mesoamerican ingredients and practices. With more than 100 recipes inspired by corn, beans, squash, greens, amaranth, and other heritage foods, the authors offer delicious pathways to nourishment, cultural memory, and food justice.
Part manifesto, part kitchen companion, the book blends family stories, cooking tips, and community wisdom to show how plant‑forward Mexican‑American dishes can be both joyful and restorative—perfect for everyday meals, celebrations, and community tables.
Key Features
- Award recognition: International Latino Book Award winner (Best Cookbook).
- 100+ recipes: From Red Pozole with mushrooms and Mesquite Corn Tortillas to Amaranth Chocolate Cake.
- Full‑color throughout: Photo‑rich layout supports technique and presentation.
- Edition details: Paperback; 256 pages; Arsenal Pulp Press; publication date October 13, 2015.
- ISBN‑13: 9781551525921.
Why Choose This Book
- Culturally affirming: Centers Indigenous ingredients and kitchen knowledge with accessible, modern recipes.
- Healthful & satisfying: Plant‑forward dishes that don’t skimp on flavor or tradition.
- Community‑minded: Speaks to food sovereignty, healing, and the joy of cooking together.
Who It’s For Click or tap to expand
- Home cooks and bakers exploring Mexican‑American, vegetarian, and vegan cuisine.
- Readers interested in food justice, ancestral foodways, and community health.
- Libraries, cultural centers, and community cooking programs.
Key Themes Click or tap to expand
- Decolonial cooking; ancestral ingredients; Mesoamerican foodways
- Plant‑based, vegetarian, and vegan adaptations
- Food sovereignty; cultural memory; community health and healing
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