The Ventura County Library has announced the selection for One County, One Book 2022. This year’s title is Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen!
Throughout October and November, Ventura County Libraries will feature discussions and other special events relating to Taste Makers:
One County, One Book culminates with a special author event with Mayukh Sen at 2pm on Saturday, November 12, 2022 on the beautiful CSUCI campus. For more information visit: https://www.vencolibrary.org/i-want/one-county-one-book
Taste Makers is Sen’s debut and was published in November of 2021. In it he explored America’s modern culinary history through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. The W.W. Norton description of the book asks, “Who’s really behind America’s appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits of figures including Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine; and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes.”