When Maru Toledo asked a 100-year-old woman about a "turco de garbanz[o]," an old wedding dessert made with shreds of chicken, the elder shook her cane at the chef, less than half her age, demanding answers. "Where did you get that recipe from; how do you know it?"
Toledo, a culinary historian, explained her work: She researches the disappearing recipes of Jalisco, her home state, and had combed through old documents to piece together this specific one.
