Recipe Book by María Josefa Hernández

The family traveled to Paris, exiled as a result of the Spanish Civil War. They later moved to Colombia, with its humid jungles, and Pepa's accomplished recipe book went with them in her daughter's luggage.

The tradition continued in the 1970s, thanks to Mercedes Alomar García (Pepa's granddaughter), who wrote her own recipe book. Both documents have been preserved to this day, as a result of the love and care of Joaquín Alomar.

Both European flavors and new ingredients found in the Americas were captured in the pages of this book, which would return across the Atlantic decades later, headed to Spain. Interestingly, it also includes some Valencian recipes collected from the painter Joaquín Sorolla, who was Mary Luz's great uncle.

Every recipe book is written as a guide, designed to survive the passing of time. Sometimes the notebooks are handed down through generation after generation of the same family. They become reference documents for an entire bloodline.