La Dorita Dulce de Leche

My mom is the first one true love. I wrote my upcoming culinary memoir, Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food & Love in Thirteen Courses for her. Not to mention my abuela Dorita. It’s a love letter to the two of them, along with my mother country, Argentina. While it’s my story, my hope is that it’s your’s toothat your own moms or abuela Dorita come alive in it’s pages. If you’re looking to celebrate that perfect someone for Mother’s Day and have a mom, abuela, aunt, sister, daughter,... a special graduate or amiga who enjoys armchair, culinary time travel, please tag them below to enter them in a drawing to receive a signed copy of Sobremesa just in time for Mother’s Day. You can enter today through tomorrow evening, April 27, at 6 pm. #giveaway #giveawayalert #mothersday #mothersdaygift #sobremesa #upcoming #readwomen #readwomenchallenge #readwomenaroundtheworld #aroundthetable #armchairtravel #argentina #latinx #poderista #shesepuede #diadelamadre #ownvoices

Berenjenas al Escabeche (Pickled Eggplant) and Sobremesa

GIFT AWAY ALERT! 4.23.21-4.27.21 Today is World Book Dayrightly so because it was on this date in 1616 that Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. In keeping with the spirit of celebrating great literary figures, @UNESCO is encouraging people to challenge themselves and explore new topics, formats, or genres out of their ordinary. I’m game! And would love to do a fun GIVEAWAY to nudge along this challenge! I’m giving away three signed cop...ies of my upcoming culinary memoir, Sobremesa: A Memoir of Food and Love in Thirteen Courses, for anyone out there interested in exploring Argentina from the comfort of their favorite arm chair or reading nook, its culture and food, its magical realism genre. Or anyone wanting to reas about the unexpected second and third chances life serves up when we least expect it. Enter to win by: Like this post Comment below and tag anyone you think would love the book Sobremesa! You can tag as many people as you’d like and each counts as an entry. The more the merrier! Share this post to your story for an EXTRA entry and tag I’ll select three winners at random VOILÁ! You are entered. The giveaway ends at 6 pm on 4.27.21. Happy reading my friends! @merriwillow and @gritandgracestudiolove #worldbookandcopyrightday @unesco #bookface #bookfacechallenge #bookgiveaway #sobremesa #aroundtheworld #aroundthetable #argentina #argentinefood #latina #booksandfood #diversifyyourbookshelf #diversebooks #diversespines #foodstories #foodwithroots #indieauthor #latinx #readwomen #readmorebooks #shareyourstory #shareyourtable #poderista #ladoritacooks @scribepubco

Sobremesa's May 4 release date is just around the corner, just in time for Mother's Day. Check out the book trailer below. So grateful to see this day finally come!

The table is set. Who’s coming to dinner? Because that’s the thing about sobremesa’s endless table. All are invited! There’s always room for one more. Make sure to check our giveaway with the amazingly talented women @gritandgracestudiolove whose hand painted oysters remind us that the world is our oyster! We can do anything we put our minds too... even if that means leaving the dishes until morning! I know that’s tough for some of us! To the dismay of my husband, Gastón, me not so much. Giveaway ends today at 6! The more friends you tag, the more entries! Happy Friday!!! xo #sobremesa