Illyanna Maisonet

Illyanna Maisonet is the author of Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook (Ten Speed). She was the United States’ first Puerto Rican food columnist for a major newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, and is an IACP award winner for narrative food writing. She has sold-out pop-up dinners across the San Francisco Bay Area and has collaborated with Jose Andres for Steven Speilberg’s West Side Story wrap party.  Illyanna has contributed recipes to Rancho Gordo, authored a crowdfunded cookbooklet, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Food52, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, and more.