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El libro de los frijoles / The Book of Beans

Name: El libro de los frijoles / The Book of Beans
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El libro de los frijoles / The Book of Beans is the third and final volume in the bilingual and indigenous (Mixteco) cookbook series “Sisters of the Milpa” by chef Natalia Méndez of La Morada Restaurant.

In this colorful book, Chef Natalia shares with her readers “that bean thing”… what is it that makes the bean so especial, despite never being the main character in a dish? Plenty, says Chef Natalia. The Book of Beans, like the Enfrijoladas (one of the recipes featured in the third and last volume of the series), is a splash of color, a celebration of this energetic crop.

Chef Natalia Méndez of La Morada restaurant. Photo by Cinthya Santos-Briones. Photo shoot at La Morada restaurant for the 3rd issue of Chef Natalia Méndez’s The Sisters of the Milpa cookbook series—*The Book of Beans*!

The book features colorful photos and collages made by Cynthia Santos-Briones, a longtime collaborator of Archives in Common, and art and collages by Marco Saavedra. Like the previous volumes, The Book of Beans was carefully designed by Amanda Chung from Lucky Risograph Press.

Authors and book’s concept: Natalia Méndez + Carolina Saavedra

Transcription, edition and translation: Ángeles Donoso Macaya

Copyedit: Amanda Lotspike

Art: Marco Saavedra

Photography: Cynthia Santos-Briones

Design: lucky risograph / Amanda Chung

Printing: lucky risograph / Charlie Waltz-Rieber + Christopher Lucero

48 pp, Riso edition, printed in 100% post-consumer recycled paper
Dimensions: 5 inches by 8 inches

First edition: Spring 2024

View images of this book and its community:

Chef Natalia Méndez of La Morada restaurant with Ángeles Donoso Macaya. Photo by Cinthya Santos-Briones. Photo shoot at La Morada restaurant for the 3rd issue of Chef Natalia Méndez’s The sisters of the milpa cookbook series—The Book of Beans, 2024!

The Warhol Bean. Artwork by Marco Saavedra.

Bean God. Collage by Marcos Saavedra.

Photo by Cinthya Santos-Briones for Archives in Common.

Author and Chef Natalia Mendez.

Photo by Cinthya Santos-Briones for Archives in Common / The Book of Beans.

Artwork by Marco Saavedra.

The Sisters of the Milpa: The Book of Beans is Volume 3 of a 3-set series. We are using the proceeds to fundraise the production of and expanded single edition—with more photos, more art, and accompanying texts from the project’s collaborators.

To learn more about the other two books in the series and purchase them, please click on the following links: Volume 1: The Book of Squash + Volume 2: Longing for the Corn.

Read about CUNY student cookbook projects that were inspired by The Sisters of the Milpa series here.
The sisters of the milpa is a project of the Archives in Common public seminar by Ángeles Donoso Macaya in collaboration with La Morada Restaurant.