Alicia Maher’s Family Recipes in “Delicious El Salvador” Cook Book

Alicia Maher has been teaching classes in  traditional, Salvadoran home cooking and street food for close to thirty years whenever she can.  She has tried to give a research background for them whenever possible.

She is the author In her cookbook, Alicia offers  75 recipes, these dishes have been passed down from generation to generation.  The book contains close to 100 photos and features each dish.  Most photos were shot on location, in El Salvador.

Alicia self-published both the English Delicious El Salvador (Pacific Apicius, 2nd edition, November 15, 2017, $29.99), and the Spanish edition, El Salvador, Sabores Deliciosos (Pacific Apicius, November 15, 2017, $29.99). She often talks about the trials and tribulations about mailing books, including how they get lost in big batches at times.

El Salvador food is all about soups with lots of vegetables, meats stews with vegetables and herbs, fruits drinks, seafood, desserts like mango in almíbar, according to Alicia.  These ingredients are available at many major supermarkets and local Latin markets.   Alicia tries to convey her own techniques to make the dishes easy to make.  She starts most with onions, tomato and peppers – making it the perfect book for anyone who likes this combination.

Popular dishes are included in the book, from pupusas, quesadilla, Christmas turkey and torrejas, to everyday meat stews, chicken soups, shrimps with garlic, rice, re-fried beans, pork chops with onions, green beans and eggs, summer squash in a cream sauce with  vanilla custard for dessert

Alicia Maher was born and raised in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Her book was a semi-finalist, category translation, in the 2018 Gourmand awards. Alicia’s mission is to preserve, rescue and document authentic Salvadoran recipes for her children, future generations, and food lovers everywhere.

Alicia has also gotten her recipes on CNN Latino, MundoFox, Esmitv, The Latin Kitchen, Los Angeles Magazine, La Opinion, EFE, El Tiempo Latino, El Salvador.com, Cook’s Cook Magazine, Amy Riolo Blog, Spicy Peach Blog, and much more. Alicia was El Salvador’s Culinary Ambassador by UCLA Magazine, Revista Ella from El Salvador, and Sercano TV. She has taught Salvadoran cooking classes at Whole Foods, Surfas Culinary District, Latin Food Fest, and on live TV in Viva La Mañana, a morning show in El Salvador. Alicia was a contributor to The Immigrant Cookbook: Recipes That Make America Great, from Interlink Publishing.   She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Joseph and three sons.  Her husband’s family owned Victor Benes bakeries in Gelsons, and his father was a famous whiskey spokesperson.