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'Top Chef' Claudette Zepeda on 'Cooking the Borderlands'

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The cover of "Cooking the Borderlands" and author Claudette Zepeda. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Johnny Miller)
The cover of "Cooking the Borderlands" and author Claudette Zepeda. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Johnny Miller)

San Diego-based chef Claudette Zepeda has been going back and forth to Mexico her entire life. Now in "Cooking The Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States," Zepeda shares the many cuisines that she's found in her journeys.

She joins host Peter O'Dowd to talk about the book.

Book excerpt: 'Cooking the Borderlands'

By Claudette Zepeda

Tres leches gelatina con mango

Tres leches gelatina con mango from "Cooking the Borderland." (Courtesy of Penguin Random House)
Tres leches gelatina con mango from "Cooking the Borderland." (Courtesy of David Alvarado/Claudette Zepeda/Jason Sutherland Hsu)

Frijoles rancheros

Frijoles rancheros from "Cooking the Borderland." (Courtesy of Penguin Random House)
Frijoles rancheros from "Cooking the Borderland." (Courtesy of David Alvarado/Claudette Zepeda/Jason Sutherland Hsu)

Reprinted with permission from "Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States" by Claudette Zepeda. Copyright © 2026 by Claudette Zepeda. 

This segment aired on June 1, 2026.

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