SalviSoul
Donde Come Uno, Comen Dos
We’re celebrating Salvadoran tradition and culture
SalviSoul was founded by 1st gen Salvadoran-American Karla T. Vasquez to bring you the recipes and stories of the Salvadoran diaspora in the United States. Keeping Salvadoran food culture intact and sustained through: a forthcoming cookbook, workshops, cooking classes and community.
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The SalviSoul Cookbook is Here!
In this collection of eighty recipes, Karla shares her conversations with moms, aunts, grandmothers, and friends to preserve their histories so that they do not go unheard. Here are recipes for Rellenos de Papa from Patricia, who remembers the Los Angeles earthquakes of the 1980s for more reasons than just fear; Flor de Izote con Huevos Revueltos, a favorite of Karla's father; as well as variations on the beloved Salvadoran Pupusa, a thick masa tortilla stuffed with different combinations of pork, cheese, and beans. Though their stories vary, the women have a shared experience of what it was like in El Salvador before the war, and what life was like as Salvadoran women surviving in their new home in the United States.
Community Woven Stories
Salvadoran food and stories by Salvadorans for all. Abuelitas and mamas, are the north star of SalviSoul; here we radically focus on uplifting their work, their dedication to Salvadoran foodways, their stories and of course, their sazon through recipes. Protecting, preserving and practicing these ways is what SalviSoul is all about.
Meet The Founder
Karla T. Vasquez created SalviSoul in 2015. After wanting to cook her grandmother’s food, but having no written recipe and few Salvadoran cookbooks, Karla created SalviSoul, a Salvadoran cookbook storytelling project focused on recipe documentation, cultural memory, and intergenerational healing for the Salvadoran diaspora.
With experiences as a food writer, recipe developer, food stylist, food justice advocate, food historian and culinary instructor she has used her skills to uplift the work of SalviSoul. She holds a degree in Journalism and completed her culinary training at The New School of Cooking.
Her writing has been published by The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, Eater LA., KCET among others. Her recipe development work can be seen in Food & Wine, Serious Eats, Buzzfeed Tasty and Tastemade.
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A Historic Cookbook
The SalviSoul Cookbook has made history by being the first cookbook written by a Salvadoran author to be nominated for a James Beard Foundation Book Award. Read more about it here.
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Show Off Your Roots
Get your SalviSoul Merch
When I started traveling on my own, I always made sure to bring back a souvenir, or recuerdito for my family. My Dad always requested a coffee mug. So it became a type of tradition for us. If I went somewhere new, or fun, college, post college internships, workplaces, I brought back the coolest kind of mug I could find. Then we would both anticipate a cafecito catch up using the new mug. It's a super sweet thing now to offer my Dad and my family, a mug that represents work that my grandmother and I created. It's in that spirit of closeness, family warmth, fun chambre, that I offer this newest product to the SalviSoul line of merch.
The SalviSoul Logo Mug is sturdy and glossy with a vivid print that will withstand the microwave and dishwasher.
Features:
• Ceramic
• 11 oz mug dimensions: 3.85″ (9.8 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter
• 15 oz mug dimensions: 4.7″ (12 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter
• Dishwasher and microwave safe
Live your #SalviSoul out loud with this classic sweatshirt silhouette with ribbed crew neck, long sleeve cuffs, and a flat hem. Layer it up or wear it on its own for a contemporary streetwear look. With the soft fleece inside and comfortable fit, it’s sure to become your favorite everyday sweater right away!
If you’ve felt anything like I have, there is a need to feel seen and understood as a Salvadoran out in the world. This sweatshirt was created to center your #SalviSoul, your comfort, Salvi colors and one of our greatest principles, "donde come uno, comen dos", where one eats, two can eat.
Our brand colors: red, in honor of tomatoes, achiote, ripe jocotes; orange, in honor of papaya, ripe mangoes; yellow for pineapple, and of course plantain; pink for cebada and Salvi anonas and finally a turquoise, in honor of the brightly colored feathers of the Torogoz, the national bird of El Salvador, who is tiny but so beautiful, much like our beloved homeland.
• 100% cotton face
• 65% cotton, 35% polyester
• Charcoal Heather is 55% cotton, 45% polyester
• Fabric weight: 8.5 oz/y² (288.2 g/m²)
• Tightly knit 3-end fleece
• Side-seamed construction
• Self-fabric patch on the back
• Double-needle stitched rib collar, cuffs, and hem
Wear SalviSoul on your sleeve… or lapel, backpack, or hat.
Size: 1 x 1in or 2.54 x 2.54cm
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