Buen Provecho Chronicles

Hello and welcome back to Buen Provecho Chronicles! Today I’ll be sharing my conversation with Isabel Torrealba who is one half of the dynamic duo behind Mexican Culinary Traditions. Isabel along with her mother, Iliana de la Vega, offers week-long immersive experiences to some of the most important culinary destinations in Mexico. When you travel with them you’re traveling with an anthropologist and a chef, so you’re not getting your standard food tour, but so much more!

A food system in the simplest of terms is about production, processing, distribution and consumption. But, nothing is ever that simple. Check out my conversation with Andrea Hagan from Mezcouting to learn how community, culture, policies and so much more affect our food systems. 

Dora is the chef, recipe developer, and photographer behind Dora's Table. Dora transitioned to a vegan diet to take control of her health and now makes a plant-based lifestyle accessible to others through vegan Mexican food. 

• Dora's Table

Isela Hernandez is the entrepreneur behind the award winning HERNÁN Mexican stone ground chocolate. She shares how growing up along the U.S-Mexican border has shaped how she approaches her business, which is dedicated to sharing Mexico's rich culinary traditions through premium Mexican culinary products. 

• Hernan Mexico

Eliceo Lara is a baker from Mexico City who has been teaching travelers how to make Mexican sweet bread, known as pan dulce, in his home kitchen through his popular Airbnb Experience. Like many folks these days, he's moved classes online and is continuing to share his love and vast knowledge of Mexican pastries with a wider audience. We talk about my favorite pan dulce, the concha, how he got into baking and the changing landscape of food in Mexico.

• Eliceo Lara

Olga combines her love of history, slow fermentation and high quality ingredients into her artisanal baked goods. She shares her passion for baked goods from all over the world from her home bakery in Austin, Texas on a weekly basis. You can find her at localbreadbaker.com

• "Do You Even Bake Bro?" by Dayna Evans

Kentucky, Romania, biscuits and cheese pie. Molly and Bianca share how they connect with the food of their culture across the generations. Oh, and baby Theo makes his debut!

On today's episode I chat with Sam Fagan from the podcast 'To Berlin and Beyond' about Martha Stewart, Mexican food in Berlin and the comfort that is Velveeta and Rotel. Enjoy!

This week's guest is Nathan Harding a.k.a as my husband. We talk about the role food played in our lives growing up, cherished childhood memories and what food means to us now as adults. There are also bad food puns. You're welcome.

Hola, I’m Claudia and I love all things food! Food is my poetry. I’m endlessly fascinated by what food can teach us. It’s language, place, memory and so much more. My connection to food has a lot to do with my cultural upbringing as a second generation immigrant. Join me as I chat with guests to learn more about the role food plays in their life and if they are as singularly obsessed with it as I am!