Elena zelayeta biography

          Elena Zelayeta (October 3, – March 31, ) was a Mexican American cookbook author..

          In , Elena Zelayeta was an up-and-coming chef of Mexican cuisine expecting her second child when her eyesight began to falter.

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        2. Elena Zelayeta (October 3, – March 31, ) was a Mexican American cookbook author.
        3. Elena Zelayeta was a Mexican American cookbook author.
        4. Elena Zelayeta became the first Latina to host a televised cooking show in the United States.

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          Elena Zelayeta (October 3, 1898 – March 31, 1974) was a Mexican American cookbook author. After running a restaurant in San Francisco with her husband, Zelayeta lost her vision, but she relearned how to cook and went on to greater success.

          Her first book, Elena's Famous Spanish and Mexican Recipes (1944), made her "a national sensation for decades" according to the Los Angeles Times. Zelayeta was the first Latina American with a televised cooking show when she starred in It's Fun to Eat, broadcast throughout California.

          Biography

          Elena Emilia Zelayeta was born October 3, 1898, in Mexico City.

          Elena Zelayeta was an author of several bestselling cookbooks, including Elena's Secrets of Mexican Cooking and Elena's Famous Mexican and Spanish Recipes.

          Her parents were Spanish immigrants and innkeepers in a small mining town in Mexico. The family fled Mexico after the Mexican Revolution, moving to San Francisco when Elena was eleven.

          As a young woman, Zelayeta worked at the California Arms Company.

          Both she and her husband, Loren, lost their jobs in 1930 due to The Great Depression, losing their home