“What Connects Us” is an editorial and events series spotlighting the ideas, places, and questions that have shaped the welcoming and diverse public square Zócalo has created over the past 20 years. As part of these birthday festivities, we will publish reflections on the state of the public square, reimaginings of some of our most read and most impactful stories, and more—and we will host public programs across Los Angeles County, culminating with our 14th Annual Zócalo Book Prize event in June 2024.

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Recap of "Do We Need More Food Fights?"

Making Pozole and Memorializing Mexico’s Disappeared

Watch the event and read the Takeaway by editor Talib Jabbar.

An exhibition based on Recetario para la memoria, a cookbook that collects recipes and remembrances from these families in collaboration with photographer and creator Zahara Gómez Lucini, is currently on view at LA Cocina de Gloria Molina, a first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to Mexican gastronomy. Zócalo and LA Cocina host Gómez Lucini and culinary historian and Hungry for History podcast co-host Maite Gomez-Rejón to cook pozole in the museum’s demonstration kitchen and discuss what happens when the kitchen becomes a battleground …

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