Diana Kennedy’s ‘Last 4 Years’

At 96, the maven of Mexican cuisine tells it like it is

Laura Tillman
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8 min readNov 18, 2019

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Diana Kennedy. All photos by Laura Tillman

San Pancho, Michoacán, Mexico. We’re sitting in the afterglow of a long, late lunch, our bellies full of carrot soup, macerated blackberries, and a gentle shot of local mezcal. It’s the end of the rainy season here, and we’ve taken shelter in the dining room of a family-run inn where cookbook author Diana Kennedy…

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Laura Tillman
Heated
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Journalist and author based in Mexico. Biography of Chef Eduardo “Lalo” Garcia forthcoming from W.W. Norton in 2021. www.lauratillman.net @latillman