Campos, Lourdes; Sedlar, John Rivera (friend/friend). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-13T12:30:00
Interview Description
Lourdes Campos (50) and friend John Rivera Sedlar (55) talk about Latino/Hispanic food trends.
03:20 John talks about how he got started with food and how his interests began.
07:20 John talks about arriving in Los Angeles from Santa Fe, NM during the bicentennial anniversary of America.
10:15 John talks about the different tamales his company introduced and also the evolution of tamales.
28:50 John talks about what his ideal tamal is. He says, "A tamal is something you put in your mouth, but it goes straight to your soul. "
31:50 John describes his first cooking experiences with his mother and his aunts.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-02-13T12:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Castellano
- Community Businesses
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Earliest Memories
- Ethnic Foods
- Favorite Foods
- First Job
- First Meetings
- Fusion
- Genealogy
- Identity
- Immigration Stories
- Job Satisfaction
- Mission San Juan Capistrano
- Molecular Gastronomy
- Museum Tamal
- Noche Buena
- Paella
- Parents
- Recipes
- Rosa Rivera
- Santa Fe, NM
- Tamal
- Tamales
- Town Life
- Trends
- Workday Life
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- craft, skills, and procedures
- economic beliefs and practices
- Ethnicity
- family characters
- family traditions
- personal experiences
- ritual foods
- social beliefs and practices
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu