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 "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...
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"In this deliciously groundbreaking cookbook, Von Diaz travels across oceans and nations to honor island cooking in over 125 recipes organized by their ancestral cooking techniques. These techniques, among the oldest known to humanity, enable people to make delicious food with limited ingredients, often without modern tools or electricity"--
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"Francis Mallmann is an Argentine grill master. Author of Seven Fires and Mallmann on Fire, he is known for his primal style of live-fire meat cookery--and until recently, he treated vegetables as a condiment or side dish. Now, in ... The Green Fire, Mallmann shares his recipes and secrets for perfect grilled vegetables and fruits, creating dishes with the same elemental, rugged style for which he is world-renowned. With the goal of creating dishes...
Book cover for "The new southern-Latino table"
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In this splendid cookbook, bicultural cook Sandra Gutierrez blends ingredients, traditions, and culinary techniques, creatively marrying the diverse and delicious cuisines of more than twenty Latin American countries with the beloved food of the American South. The book has beautiful illustrations and features 150 original recipes, a handy glossary, a section on how to navigate a Latin tienda, and a guide to ingredient sources.
Book cover for "The Tex-Mex grill and backyard barbacoa cookbook"
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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.
Book cover for "Vegetables unleashed"
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3.5 stars
Book cover for "With the fire on high"
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4.5 stars
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Teen mother Emoni Santiago struggles with the challenges of finishing high school and her dream of working as a chef.
Book cover for "Cúrate"
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3.7 stars
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"The vibrant flavors of Spain brought into the American home kitchen by a young lauded chef and founder of one of America's most acclaimed new restaurants Katie Button debuts her first cookbook ever as a peek inside the kitchen of her award-winning restaurant, Cúrate"--
Book cover for "Cómo alimentar a tu perro"
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¡Elegir la comida para perros adecuada en un mundo con tantas opciones! Caminar por el pasillo de comida para perros en una gran tienda de art̕culos para mascotas puede presentarle una abrumadora cantidad de opciones. Leer sobre comida para perros en Internet puede hacer que tu cabeza dé vueltas con tantas opiniones e historias. Y juzgar el contenido que encuentra en los envases de alimentos para perros puede ser confuso y engañoso. En su último...
Book cover for "Flamin' hot"
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No se suponía que Richard Montañez tuviera grandes sueños y aspiraciones. Nacido en la pobreza, de padres migrantes y trabajadores agrícolas, dejó la escuela en el sexto grado, y finalmente tomó un trabajo limpiando pisos en la fábrica de Frito Lay y así dar de comer a su joven familia. Todo cambió cuando una noche, a los 28 años, Montañez tomó su futuro entre sus manos: usó la receta de salsa de chile de su esposa para condimentar...