Sandra Gutierrez and The New Southern-Latino Table

“History happens on the plate,” says Sandra Gutierrez, cookbook author, food writer and culinary expert on the Southern-Latino food movement. Sandra and I met in the White House Garden during a tour with IACP.  She has become a dear friend and has  been an integral part of my culinary journey in understanding and appreciating the tastes…

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Empanadas with Sandra Gutierrez

  Take a bite of world cuisine with Sandra Gutierrez, author of Empanadas: The Hand-Held Pies of Latin America  The empanada’s history traces back as far as 250 BC with the Persians.  When the Ottoman empire took over Spanish territory, they also expanded the palate for the empanada. Wrapped in bread, the original empanada in…

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