BIOGRAPHY
KAREN HURSH GRABER
Born in New York City, Karen Hursh Graber spent several years Directing an English as a Second Language Program in Northern California before moving to Mexico to teach at the state university in Puebla, where she developed an interest in the unique cuisine of the area.
She has studied with chefs and home cooks throughout Mexico and written food and travel articles for several magazines and newspapers in Mexico and the United States. She is the Food Editor of the online magazine Mexico Connect, for which she writes a monthly column, and works as a food consultant and cooking teacher.
She is the author of the books Take This Chile and Stuff It and The Cuisine of Puebla, Cradle of Corn. In 2007, she was honored with the magazine industry's Folio Award for her series on the history of Mexican Cuisine, and was recently featured on the television program "Under the Sun."
The mother of two grown daughters, she lives in southern Mexico with her husband, Larry. The Grabers travel frequently in Mexico and Central America, collecting regional recipes along the way.
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