Rabelais News- Zarela Archive at Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library
Please scroll down to where it says Zarela Martinez Rabelais News ~ July 8, 2013 why do I sell cookbooks? Wednesday, July 17th, Don will be presenting at the first ever Biddeford Pecha Kucha. He’ll have 400 seconds and 20 slides to explain...Letter to Zarela Restaurant Staff- Circa 1989
Maybe this why we lasted so long! Dear Staff: I had called this meeting, first to thank you for all the hard work, but also because I am frightened at what is happening in the restaurant business these days. We are one of the few restaurants that are...Cooking classes are not just about cooking..
I added this in memory of my mother Yesterday I received the most surprising and heart-warming letter that I want to share with you because this is exactly why I love to teach: Dear Ms. Martinez: My sister and I attended one of your cooking demonstrations at...Desiderata – Violeta
Okay, so I said I’d never be that way, that I had no interest in being a grandmother that I’d never gush and feel about to burst from pride and love for the extraordinary being that is my granddaughter Violeta. She always manages to surprise but...My wedding dress
Place Juarez, Chihuahua. Year 1975 and my wedding day approaching. My mother-in-law to be casually asks me if I am going to wear white for my wedding. My response: No, it’s actually off-white. Mother-in-law to be, slightly shocked, says “with a veil and...
The many lives of Zarela Martínez
Culinary legend Zarela Martínez introduced finely tuned, highly researched regional Mexican cuisine to a national stage, and has continued to blaze trails for more than three decades.