Natalia Mendez, a celebrated South Bronx restaurant owner and community activist, held a launch party and panel discussion on February 9 at the CUNY Graduate Center for her new bilingual cookbook, Las Hermanas de la Milpa: Comienza con la Calabaza. Translated it reads Sisters of the Milpa: It Begins with Squash.
The Elebash Recital Hall was packed, with many people standing
