In 1898, Encarnación Pinedo published a cookbook, written in Spanish, and compiled from recipes she had gathered throughout her life in the San Jose area. It was the first cookbook published in the United States written by a Latina, and it represented the California Rancho culture she grew up in and inherited from her Berryessa… Continue Reading The Spanish Cook Without Equal- My Adventures in Translating Encarnación Pinedo’s 1898 Cookbook