Cookbookeras

Join Jocelyn Ramirez, author of La Vida Verde: Plant-Based Mexican Food with Authentic Flavor, and Karla Tatiana Vasquez, food writer and cookbook author of The SalviSoul Cookbook for a conversation on the process of becoming a published cookbook author and food writer. 

Learn about their journeys from idea, book sample, pitching, book deals, recipe development, storytelling, marketing and tours. We'll take a deep dive into their passion for storytelling through culturally-relevant food at the heart of each of their communities. 

There will be two signature cocktails to celebrate each cookbook. One made with Salvadoran Rum and one made with Mexican Mezcal. Proceeds from each sale will be donated to Hunger Action LA, an organization dedicated to ensuring food security for vulnerable populations in the Los Angeles community. 

Bites by Chef Agua, A Manos LA

More about our guest speakers: 

jocelyn ramirez is a chef, published cookbook author, New York Times recipe contributor, CPG founder and advocate for healthy food access in her community. She founded todo verde, one of LA’s acclaimed plant-forward Latin food businesses, with a mission to create delicious and healthy plant-forward food inspired by her Latin roots. Her work has been featured in several press outlets including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Food & Wine, Vice, Smithsonian, Bon appetit, and more. She currently sits on the Culinary Advisory Board for Food Forward and the Leadership Board for the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. 

Karla Tatiana Vasquez is a food writer, recipe developer, and food stylist based in Los Angeles. Her writing has been published by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, Eater LA, and KCET, among others. Her recipe development work can be seen in Food & Wine, Serious Eats, BuzzFeed Tasty, and Tastemade. She is also a food justice advocate and an active member in her community to increase healthy food accessibility in low-income communities, previously working with Hunger Action Los Angeles and Los Angeles Food Policy Council. She founded SalviSoul in an effort to preserve her family’s recipes, and since then it’s expanded to focus on cultural memory and intergenerational healing for the Salvadoran diaspora.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bar Flores, 1542 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States