Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Cooking the Borderlands
Join chef and author Claudette Zepeda in conversation with her editor, Francis Lam, to celebrate her first book, Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States. Together, they’ll discuss borderlands culture, identity, migration, and the stories behind the recipes that shaped Claudette’s life growing up between Mexico and the United States.
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Museum of Food and Drink
55 Water Street, 2nd floor | Brooklyn, NY 11201
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
7 - 9 PM (doors open at 6)
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!
Join chef and author Claudette Zepeda in conversation with her editor, Francis Lam, to celebrate her first book, Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States.
Tickets include access to Street Food City from 6 to 7 PM and refreshments.
Courtesy of our partner bookseller Kitchen Arts & Letters, copies of Cooking the Borderlands can be pre-purchased for a discount in a ticket bundle and at full price during the program.
Museum of Food and Drink
55 Water Street, 2nd floor | Brooklyn, NY 11201
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
7 - 9 PM (doors open at 6)
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!
Join chef and author Claudette Zepeda in conversation with her editor, Francis Lam, to celebrate her first book, Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States.
Tickets include access to Street Food City from 6 to 7 PM and refreshments.
Courtesy of our partner bookseller Kitchen Arts & Letters, copies of Cooking the Borderlands can be pre-purchased for a discount in a ticket bundle and at full price during the program.
Speakers
Claudette Zepeda
is an award-winning, San Diego-based chef and culinary entrepreneur known for her fearless style and bold approach to regional Mexican cuisine. A celebrated culinary anthropologist, Zepeda draws upon 20+ years of experience working in restaurant kitchens, as well as her extensive travels around the world and throughout Mexico that inform her vast knowledge of indigenous ingredients and cross-cultural expressions of cuisine. Zepeda's multi-faceted expertise is showcased in her role overseeing the creative vision as Founder of Chispa Hospitality, including food concepts in San Diego, Nashville, Australia, Mexico.
photo credit: Johnny Miller
Claudette Zepeda
is an award-winning, San Diego-based chef and culinary entrepreneur known for her fearless style and bold approach to regional Mexican cuisine. A celebrated culinary anthropologist, Zepeda draws upon 20+ years of experience working in restaurant kitchens, as well as her extensive travels around the world and throughout Mexico that inform her vast knowledge of indigenous ingredients and cross-cultural expressions of cuisine. Zepeda's multi-faceted expertise is showcased in her role overseeing the creative vision as Founder of Chispa Hospitality, including food concepts in San Diego, Nashville, Australia, Mexico.
photo credit: Johnny Miller
Francis Lam
is the host of the public radio show and podcast The Splendid Table, and is Editor-in-Chief at Clarkson Potter, a division within Penguin Random House that is a leader in cookbook publishing. An award-winning writer, Lam has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Bon Appetít, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, and the
photo credit: Nate Ryan
Francis Lam
is the host of the public radio show and podcast The Splendid Table, and is Editor-in-Chief at Clarkson Potter, a division within Penguin Random House that is a leader in cookbook publishing. An award-winning writer, Lam has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Bon Appetít, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, and the
photo credit: Nate Ryan
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