Chapter Four of The Herstory Project features the stories of seven women culinary leaders who play a key role in San Antonio’s prestigious UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation. While this list is certainly not exhaustive, each of these women represents critical aspects of our city’s culinary heritage and practice, including regenerative farming, entrepreneurship, and Indigenous traditions. I hand-selected each woman because their tireless work of ingenuity, service, and community proves that gastronomy is about so much more than food.