The Art of Mexican Cooking
This was a commission for Gravy Spring 24. The piece, written by food author and chef Adán Medrano is about all the meanings that food has in our lives, not only as a mere survival skill but as Art, food as memory, food as identity and as community.
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/31618c195714557.6612e0bf82dd2.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/b7fdd1195714557.6612e0bf80d6d.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/beb0d7195714557.6612e0bf806a5.jpg)
The concept chosen talks about roots, identity, ingredients and art.
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/126029195714557.6612e0bf7f5de.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/795618195714557.6612e0bf82936.jpg)
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the other part of the project was to come up with half page illustrations for each segment of the piece: Food as memory, food as identity and food as community.
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![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/30f0ba195714557.6612e0bf8226f.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/ae8e0a195714557.662da42a7703d.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/c84061195714557.6612e0bf7ff8e.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/cc7007195714557.662da42a75d18.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/61d82e195714557.6612e0bf7fb0b.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/d9b66d195714557.662da42a7691a.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/606905195714557.662da42a76469.jpg)
![fruits ingredients cooking roots Tree avocado corn ILLUSTRATION latinoamerica mexicanfood](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/12cd99195714557.662da42a777c1.jpg)
This is the cover for the Spring 24 issue that I designed as well - you can see the creative process here.
Thanks for watching! hope you enjoyed it.