Abigail Mendoza Ruiz (also known as Abigail Mendoza) is a Zapotec chef and co-owner of restaurant Tlamanalli, which she runs with her sisters, in Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico, near Oaxaca.[1] She opened Tlamanalli in February 1990 in order to serve traditional Zapotec cuisine such as mole and squash blossom soup. The restaurant was soon featured in Gourmet magazine.[2] In 1993, her restaurant received a write-up by food critic Molly O'Neill in the New York Times.[3]
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Mendoza Ruiz has since traveled to France to demonstrate Zapotec cooking.[1] She was profiled in Anthony Bourdain's series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, featured in a documentary about British food writer Diana Kennedy, and shown on a digital cover of Vogue Mexico and Latin America for the magazine's 20th anniversary.[2][4][5][6]
Mendoza Ruiz was born in the 1960s and learned to cook by watching her mother and aunt in the kitchen.[2]
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- ^ a b Virbila, S. Irene (August 8, 2014). "On the prowl for the best food; and mezcal; Oaxaca, Mexico". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c Simón, Yara (October 26, 2016). "Abigail Mendoza Ruiz is the World's Most Famous Zapotec Chef". Remezcla. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ O'Neill, Molly (January 17, 1993). "Top-Notch Tables; Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Da Costa, Cassie (May 30, 2020). "From Diana Kennedy to Alison Roman: When White Women of Privilege Borrow From Ethnic Cuisines". Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ Caraballo, Ecleen Luzmila (October 1, 2019). "A Rarámuri Runner & a Zapotec Chef Are on the Covers of Vogue Mexico and Latin America". Remezcla. Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Villegas, Paulina (October 9, 2019). "Abigail Mendoza, la cocinera oaxaqueña que pone en alto el nombre de México". vogue.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-10-10. Retrieved August 5, 2021.