Diana Kennedy has Died

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/diana-kennedy-british-guru-of-mexican-cuisine-dies-at-99/ar-AAZVgkh

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aw, that’s a sad end of an era . . .

it always feels strange to “like” these types of posts . .

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She was one of a kind.

(I share the same “doesn’t feel right” response to “liking” such topics.)

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My biggest influences that led to my 14 years of owning restaurants and chaffing.
1 Marcella Hazan
2 Dianna Kennedy
3 Evan Kleinman (angeli caffe, great cookbooks, KCRW good food
4 Julia Child
5 Jacques Pepin

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That is a lovely list, @Dean.

A thoughtful, though too brief to really assess, note from Tejal Rao:

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Bill Esparaza’s Twitter thread on Diana Kennedy:

https://twitter.com/streetgourmetla/status/1552340742797791234?s=20&t=fIoiKpk6N35KoTAvV1W4HQ

and Gustavo Arellano’s column (which also discusses the Choco Taco):