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You are Invited! Culinary Mestizaje: Racial Mixing and Foodways across the United States
Join us for a two-day Tucson celebration of Culinary Mestizaje—a book about food, cooking, and community - with editors Dr. Felipe Hinojosa (John and Nancy Jackson Endowed Chair in Latin America and professor of history at Baylor University) and Dr. Rudy Guevarra (professor of Asian Pacific American Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University).
Book Discussion & Cooking Demo
Thursday March 19, 2026 | 4:00 PM
UA Campus Book Store - Community Engagement Center (Lower Level)
1209 E. University Blvd, Tucson AZ 85721
Combining community scholarly insights, cooking tips, and recipes, this book examines how the blending of culinary traditions enables marginalized people to thrive in places fraught with racial tension, anti-immigrant sentiment, and the threat of gentrification. Chefs and entrepreneurs matter in these stories, but so do dishwashers, farm laborers, and immigrants doing the best they can with the ingredients they have. Come listen to a panel with editors and contributors Dr. Tyina Steptoe and Dr. Jerome Dotson! Discussion will be followed by a cooking demonstration.
SPONSORED BY:
UA Campus Store | UA Center for Regional Food Studies | UA Campus Community Connections | UA Department of Mexican American Studies | UA Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives | UA School of Global Studies | UA Department of History | SouthWest Folklife Alliance