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Marilyn Tausend
photo by Kathie Vezzani
This is the official Web Site of Marilyn Tausend, cookbook author, lecturer, and guide.
I am not Mexican by birth, heritage, or citizenship, but my relationship to the food of Mexico now spans more than half a century. As my father was in produce, buying the potatoes, onions, and citrus fruits from the fields and orchards, and selling them by the railroad car to the wholesale buyers in the larger metropolitan hubs of the country, I grew up following the Mexican migrant workers’ rhythmic cycle of the growing season throughout southern Texas, southern Idaho, and California’s central valley and I learned about food by sharing meals with the Mexican-American migrant workers.
After a lifetime interest in Hispanic culture, in 1987 I formed Culinary Adventures, Inc., to lead culinary tours throughout Mexico for both food aficionados and culinary professionals alike. My staff and I have also created specialized trips and programs for other groups, including the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), and chef and restaurant owner Rick Bayless, who has our company design intensive annual trips to different parts of Mexico for the employees of his Chicago restaurants. We have also provided technical assistance for various television shows, including the Food Network’s Too Hot Tamales, with Mary Sue Miliken and Susan Feniger when on site in Oaxaca and Yucatán, and I have served as a consultant to José Cuervo International, Goya Foods, Inc., Nestles, Taco Bell and other companies specializing in Mexican products.
Marilyn Tausend with staff members Ricardo Muñoz and Ana Elena
Martinez.
Photo by Ignacio Urquiza.
Following a decade of food research in Mexico, I co-authored my first cookbook, Mexico the Beautiful in 1991, that has since been translated into five languages. Cocina de la Familia, my second book, which documented the stories and recipes of Mexican-American cooks, won the IACP Julia Child Award for Best American Cookbook for 1997. Time Life, now Southern Progress, published Savoring Mexico, in May 2001 for Williams-Sonoma and Mexican in 2003. I recently wrote Bite by Bite, Experiencing Mexico's Culinary Pleasures for Fodor's Mexico 2007.
My books and culinary trips to Mexico have all been motivated by the same desire as offering this web site to open up the incredibly varied tastes and textures of Mexican food to all who love Mexican food and culture.
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Thanks for visiting.
Contact: cul_adv_inc@attglobal.net.
all material copyright 2001 by
Marilyn
Tausend.
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