Melissa Guerra is an 8th generation Texan, born and raised on a working cattle ranch in South Texas. She 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.
Melissa 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. Guerra has taught food history at the Culinary Institute of Americas in San Antonio Texas and maintains a blog about food history of the Americas and living on the Texas/Tamaulipas border.
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