Paola is a cooking writer and avid cook who wrote her very first recipe for akey lime cookie pie at age six. She is a proud Pata Salada— that’s Mexicancoastal surf speak for a native of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Her work hasappeared in Food & Wine, Epicurious, L.A. Times and more. She lives inLong Beach, California with her husband, a taco editor, and their two OldEnglish Sheepdogs, Fig and Crema.
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