July 20, 2011 — Alicia Villanueva, a single mother of three and a Mexican native, used to sell tamales in the streets. But with the help of La Cocina’s incubator program, she has perfected her recipe and later this summer will have her well-earned tamale cart. Watch the video.… more
June 14, 2009 — On a recent Wednesday, 80 people came to La Cocina, a community kitchen on Folsom, to pick up 720 jars of homemade apricot jam. More than 20 people took part in making it from scratch last Sunday. Anya Fernald who conceived the canning project, said … more
Alicia Villanueva featured in Mission Local video
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