July Cookbook Club: THE SALVISOUL COOKBOOK

Join us for the JULY 2025 meeting of the BOLD FORK COOKBOOK CLUB!

Here’s how it works: everyone will prepare a dish from THE SALVISOUL COOKBOOK: Salvadoran Recipes and the Women Who Preserve Them (a couple of days after you sign up, you’ll have access to a spreadsheet where attendees list their chosen dishes.)

Then we’ll gather in the shop and share a feast! We’ll talk through the process of procuring ingredients, challenges and unexpected pleasures of the cooking process and many other things related to THE SALVISOUL COOKBOOK.

If you purchase a copy of the book from us with your ticket, you can pick it up in our store, or have it shipped for an additional cost.

Please note: because of the high demand of this event, we will not be able to process refunds. A couple of days after you sign up for this event, you’ll have access to a spreadsheet where attendees list their chosen dishes.

ABOUT THE COOKBOOK

THE SALVISOUL COOKBOOK is a beautifully photographed cookbook that celebrates the vibrant culture and community of El Salvador through 80 recipes and stories from twenty-five Salvadoran women.

In search of the recipes and traditions that made her feel at home, food historian and Salvadoran Karla Tatiana Vasquez took to the internet to find the dishes her mom made throughout her childhood. But when she couldn't find any, she decided to take matters into her own hands. What started as a desire to document recipes turned into sharing the joys, histories, and tribulations of the women in her life.

In this collection of eighty recipes, Karla shares her conversations with moms, aunts, grandmothers, and friends to preserve their histories so that they do not go unheard. Here are recipes for Rellenos de Papa from Patricia, who remembers the Los Angeles earthquakes of the 1980s for more reasons than just fear; Flor de Izote con Huevos Revueltos, a favorite of Karla's father; as well as variations on the beloved Salvadoran Pupusa, a thick masa tortilla stuffed with different combinations of pork, cheese, and beans. Though their stories vary, the women have a shared experience of what it was like in El Salvador before the war, and what life was like as Salvadoran women surviving in their new home in the United States.

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