Stories
Private Kitchens
Private kitchens groups people’s stories whose passion for food is not linked to how they make a livelihood.
Public Kitchens
Public kitchens are more directly intertwined with food systems—industrial, local, organic, sustainable.
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Robert Flores
If there is anything I’ve learned from my experience with food, with my experiences with my church family, and my upbringing it’s that give bread to those who are hungry, and hunger to those who have bread, making sure we are fed in all aspects of our lives.”
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Luis Orozco
“The pantry is a lot different than the office. The pantry has its own world. Being over in the pantry is a lot of fun and I know I make life easier for Julie because the knowledge I have about food helps a lot. We make a good team.”
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Christopher Puga
“It was something that always interest me as far as how can I create art with my hands.” – Chef Christopher Puga (Nov. 18, 2018)
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Machelle Wood
“Food helps make connections between people now to people in the past, to make them ‘real.’” Machelle Wood, March 20, 2019 Machelle Wood is the educational and special events coordinator at the Magoffin Home State Historical Site in El Paso, Texas. In the food story that she shares for EPFV, she speaks of how food
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Patricia Palafox Sweisford
“Food brings people together. We all have to eat. So, why should it not be enjoyable. Why it should not be good for us. Why can’t we help each other develop the food industry?” Patricia Palafox Sweisford(March 17, 2019) Patricia Palafox Sweisford, a native of El Paso, shares how she has gone from growing up