Adán Medrano, a nationally recognized chef and food writer, will serve as the editor of titled “Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico,” a book series being developed by UTSA and Texas Tech.
MARCH 11, 2024 — The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Libraries Special Collections and Texas Tech University Press (TTUP) will partner to develop a new book series, drawing on UTSA’s extensive Mexican Cookbook Collection and TTUP’s publishing expertise. The new series, titled “Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico,” will explore, preserve and propagate Indigenous food traditions, techniques and histories.
The partners are seeking projects that focalize the food confluences among people in Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
“UTSA’s Mexican Cookbook Collection is the largest of its kind in the nation. It’s a rich resource for researchers, chefs, students and food writers,” said Amy Rushing, assistant vice provost for UTSA Special Collections. “We are thrilled the Special Collections will be an integral part of the publication series. The project supports UTSA’s mission as a Hispanic Serving Institution by honoring and preserving Hispanic heritage.”
The book series editor is Adán Medrano, a nationally recognized chef and food writer whose work focuses on the native foods of Texas and Northeastern Mexico, the borderlands region to be explored in the new book series.
The books in the series will be designed for a general audience, and will emphasize:
The series will support scholarly books as well, particularly those that integrate with food studies programs. Cultural histories of food and even some anthropological, archaeological and Mexican American studies scholarship could be relevant to such a series. The UTSA Libraries and TTUP will emphasize the work of scholars who are interested in incorporating their work into conversations with nontraditional (outside the academy) sources of knowledge and tradition.
Writers are encouraged to utilize and feature items from the UTSA Mexican Cookbook Collection in their work. The collection includes:
The series’ publishers will prioritize promoting books that emphasize native ingredients and approaches, focusing on the connections between food and various topics such as climate change, history, colonialism, gender identity, economic circumstances, health and other contexts that shape society’s understanding of food and self.
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