We are celebrating almost 300 episodes of Latina to Latina! For the first Monday of every month, we are counting down our top 25 episodes of all time. In between, we'll curate special playlists of some of our favorite episodes. For the next three weeks, we bring you some of our favorite conversations about food. When Karla Vasquez learned that there were virtually no Salvadoran cookbooks in print in the United States, this food writer and cooking instructor made it her mission to capture the food and the spirits of the women of El Salvador.

Follow Karla on Instagram @karla_tv and find her book here. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/ltl-hinojosa">Why Pioneering Journalist Maria Hinojosa Put Herself in the Story and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-cristina-costantini">How Documentarian Cristina Costantini Fed Her Soul While Making Mucho Mucho Amor.