Coyota in the Kitchen

A Memoir of New and Old Mexico

Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About the Book

Accompanied by Rodríguez's vibrant paintings--including scenes of people eating on fiesta nights and plastering an adobe church--Coyota in the Kitchen shows how food reflects the complicated family histories that shape our lives.

About the Author

Anita Rodríguez is an award-winning painter who is also widely known as an enjarradora, or plasterer and finisher of adobe buildings. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (May 1, 2016)
  • Length: 224 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826356727

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Raves and Reviews

The blending of cultures is everywhere apparent in the hybrid volume. . . . Sharply observed, often hilarious.--HipLatina

This multi-artist is a self-declared 'packrat,' not only of stories but also of images, and, I add, recipes. She has picked through her stash and combined the findings into one long, interesting and tasty story.--Story Circle Book Reviews

This multi-artist is a self-declared 'packrat,' not only of stories but also of images, and, I add, recipes. She has picked through her stash and combined the findings into one long, interesting and tasty story.--Story Circle Book Reviews

A delicious feast of rich storytelling, fantastic myths, remarkable multicultural family sagas, and culinary dysfunction in bizarre yet beautiful kitchens across the Southwest and Mexico.
--John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War

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