Quinta Mazatlán invites the community to Our First Foods – The Origins of Cuisine Along the Texas–Mexico Border with Melissa Guerra on Thursday, November 5, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Join them as Melissa Guerra talks about the cuisine of the Rio Grande Valley, our community has developed a unique and tasty history. Some of the world’s most ancient food discoveries happened in our own backyard. Stop by and learn more.

Melissa Guerra is a self-taught culinary expert and food historian, specializing in the food ways of the American continent, especially Texas regional, Mexican, and Latin American cuisine.

Previous projects include, owning and operating a retail kitchen store in San Antonio, along with its online retail component. a cooking show, “The Texas Provincial Kitchen,” and as a bi-lingual spokesperson for Kraft, Coca-Cola, Goya and Mazola.

Mrs. Guerra’s latest published cookbook, Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteño Cuisine of South Texas in 2006, was a finalist for a James Beard Award in the category of Foods of the Americas. Guerra is a member of Les Dames d Escoffier, a founding board member of Foodways Texas, and a member of The Culinary Institute of America Latin Cuisines Advisory Council Executive Committee.

You can follow Melissa Guerra daily through her Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter posts, or through her blog website www.kitchenwrangler.com.

This program is free with general park admission. For more information, contact (956) 681-3370, follow Quinta Mazatlán on social media or visit their website at https://www.quintamazatlan.com.