Vanessa Baca is a food blogger, podcaster, writer, and communications professional. Her blog Food in Books, at: www.foodinbooks.com, reviews various works of literature and recreates food that is referenced in the books. Born and raised in New Mexico, she is a proud ‘Burqueña whose book blog posts include New Mexican authors such as Rudolfo Anaya and John Nichols, and with food posts featuring New Mexico dishes such as blue corn cakes with poached eggs and green chile, natillas, green chile chicken enchiladas, pumpkin-goat cheese-red chile empanadas, green chile chicken potpie, huevos rancheros, as well as many other dishes and recipes. Her podcast Cooking The Books, at: anchor.fm/cookingthebooks discusses the relationship between food in literature and features a wide variety of guests, and can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, and many other podcast platforms. You can like her on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/foodinbooks or follow her on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/foodinbooks