Cookbook Author and Food Historian | Durham, NC

Von Diaz is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian and food historian. She is the author of Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking, and Coconuts & Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta, GA, she explores the intersections of food, culture, and identity. She has contributed recipes and essays to a number of cookbooks and anthologies, is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, as well as The Washington Post, NPR, StoryCorps, Food & Wine magazine, and Bon Appétit, among many others. Today, she is an editor and producer for StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in the U.S., producing broadcasts for NPR’s Morning Edition. In addition, she taught food studies and oral history at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and storytelling workshops at New York University and The New School. @cocinacriolla   

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