Culinary Traditions: Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela

Celebrity chef Doreen Colondres’s cookbook, La Cocina No Muerde (The Kitchen Doesn’t Bite) shares her secrets of how to stock your kitchen, how to shop wisely and bring home in-season ingredients, how to involve children in the process, and how to perfect techniques. Along the way, you will experience unforgettable moments in that sacred space in the home that makes us more human, and marks our lives with moments and flavors that will stay with us always.

Historian and expert on the cultural implications of food on Latin American culture, Jose Rafael Lovera, presents Retablo Gastronómico de Venezuela, an exploration of the mix of culinary traditions that have influenced Venezuelan cuisine.

Venezuelan-born restaurateur, TV personality, and cookbook author Lorena Garcia is one of the country’s leading chefs. She is well known for numerous TV series  (Top Chef Masters, Top Chef Estrellas, Sazon con Lorena Garcia, Lorena en Su Salsa, and El Mejor De Los Peores to name a few), a successful chain of restaurants, and her cookbook, Lorena Garcia’s New Latin Classics. She was the creator of the Cantina Bell menu at Taco Bell, and has her own cookware line, Lorena Bella Kitchen Collection for HSN. In Lorena Garcia’s New Taco Classics (Celebra), Garcia shows you how to create each delicious layer—from the shell to the fillings to the toppings, including slaws, salads, and sauces. You’ll find yourself easily cooking, eating, and swooning your way through a dizzying new world of crowd-pleasing Latin fare.