Hispanic Heritage Month cookbooks and food centered stories

This list has a modest amount of books for a medium sized display. I've included cookbooks that focus on Latin American cuisine (this ranges from North to South America and includes the Caribbean). I also included cookbooks authored by Latinx authors/cooks and added some fun adult fic that has a backdrop of cooking and food.

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Book cover for "Chicano bakes"
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"In this companion cookbook to Chicano Eats, the blogger, and winner of the Saveur Best New Voice People's Choice Award shows off the sweet and dreamy side of Chicano cuisine in 80 recipes for irresistible desserts, cakes, tamales, pan dulce and drinks. With Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican American Kitchen, Esteban Castillo offered his readers a look into his life, family, and culture. For Esteban, sharing stories and recipes from his childhood...
Book cover for "Mexican ice cream"
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3.7 stars
Book cover for "The food of Oaxaca"
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"In The Food of Oaxaca, chef Alejandro Ruiz introduces home cooks to the vibrant foods of his home state--"the culinary capital of Mexico" (CNN)--with more than 50 recipes both ancestral and original. Divided into three parts, the book covers the traditional dishes of the region, where Ruiz grew up; the cuisine of the Oaxacan coast, where he spent many years; and the food he serves today at his acclaimed restaurant, Casa Oaxaca. Here are rustic recipes...
Book cover for "The migrant chef"
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"Born in rural Mexico, Eduardo 'Lalo' García Guzmán and his family left for the United States when he was a child, picking fruits and vegetables on the migrant route from Florida to Michigan. He worked in Atlanta restaurants as a teenager before being convicted of a robbery, incarcerated, and eventually deported. Lalo landed in Mexico City as a new generation of chefs was questioning the hierarchies that had historically privileged European cuisine...
Book cover for "Like water for chocolate"
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4 stars
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Despite the fact that she has fallen in love with a young man, Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must obey tradition and remain single and at home to care for her mother.