Victor M. Valle

About The Author

Victor M. Valle is a professor emeritus at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He writes extensively on urban politics, economy, and food for a variety of media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies. He is the author of Recipe of Memory: Five Generations of Mexican Cuisine.

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Books by Victor M. Valle

The Poetics of Fire

Metaphors of Chile Eating in the Borderlands

By Victor M. Valle

Winner of the 2024 Western History Association David J. Weber Prize for best non-fiction book on Southwest History.

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